Research Areas
- Workplace Injury Prevention
- Occupational Ergonomics
- Biomechanics of movement in able-bodied individuals and people with neurological disorders
Professor Faghri joined UCLA from the University of Connecticut, where she was a Professor in the Department of Allied Health Sciences and Director of the Center for Environmental Health and Health Promotion. She had joint appointments as professor of Biomedical Engineering, School of Engineering, and professor of Public Health, School of Medicine. Over the years, she has developed and evaluated multiple models for integrating health promotion with workplace injury prevention and occupational ergonomics for health protection, addressing physical and psychosocial risk factors at the workplace with strong emphasis on employee involvement. She developed and implemented many workplace ergonomics, health promotion and injury prevention interventions for private and state agencies, including Connecticut's state employee worksite health promotion program, "ConnectiFIT.” She was the Co-PI (Storrs) and team leader for health promotion strategies for the Center for Promotion of Health in New England Workplace: Total Worker Health® NIOSH Center for Excellence.
Professor Faghri’s biomedical research focuses on biomechanics (kinematics and kinetics) of movement science in able-bodied and people with neurological disorders. She has been preforming research on the application of functional electrical stimulation (FES) for muscle activation in people with disability. She was one of the researchers involved in the development and testing of the original FES cycle ergometry system, which was later commercialized and is now being used to promote cardiovascular and musculoskeletal health in many rehabilitation settings for people with spinal cord injury. She is a holder of a patent for the prevention of deep venous thrombosis and pulmonary embolism utilizing FES. Her latest research was funded by National Science Foundation evaluated the effect of electrical stimulation on tissue regeneration.
Research Publications
A Simple Liking Survey Captures Behaviors Associated with Weight Loss in a Worksite Program among Women at Risk of Type 2 Diabetes
COVID-19 Pandemic: What has work got to do with it?
Inclusion of ‘Total Worker Health®’ a program by NIOSH
Functional electrical stimulation-induced muscular fatigue: Effect of fiber composition and stimulation frequency on rate of fatigue development
Electrical stimulation frequency and skeletal muscle characteristics: effects on force and fatigue
A Novel Approach to Artifact-Free EMG Recording During Electrical Stimulation-Induced Muscle Activation
Muscle Fatigue During Different Frequencies of Electrical Stimulation: Interactions of Frequency and Muscle Type
Associations among Work and Family Health Climate, Health Behaviors, Work Schedule and Body Weight
Musculoskeletal Pain as Predictors of Health Behavior: Implications for an Ergonomic Intervention: 3315 Board# 220 June 2 3: 30 PM-5: 00 PM
Evaluation Of ES-induced Fatigue In Relation To Muscle Size And Fiber Recruitment: A Pilot Study: 3513 Board# 5 June 3 9: 00 AM-11: 00 AM
The Effects of An Ergonomic Mat on Musculoskeletal Symptoms and Health Behaviors: 3321 Board# 226 June 2 3: 30 PM-5: 00 PM
Perceived self-efficacy and financial incentives: factors affecting health behaviors and weight loss in a workplace weight loss intervention
Electrically and hybrid-induced muscle activations: effects of muscle size and fiber type
Work Characteristics as Predictors of Correctional Supervisors’ Health Outcomes
The weight loss blogosphere: an online survey of weight loss bloggers
Activation Patterns In Muscles With Different Fiber Ratios: Implications For Rehabilitation And Sports Injuries: 2088 Board# 240 June 2, 2: 00 PM-3: 30 PM
Assessment of Muscle Fatigue during Prolonged, Moderate-Intensity Cycling Across Two Age Groups: 2145 Board# 297 June 2, 3: 30 PM-5: 00 PM
Psychological health, behavior, and bodyweight (PBBW) model: An evaluation of predictors of health behaviors and body mass index (BMI)
Effects of Self-efficacy on Health Behavior and Body Weight
Demographic, health-related, and work-related factors associated with body mass index and body fat percentage among workers at six Connecticut manufacturing companies across …
Psychological health and overweight and obesity among high stressed work environments
Demographic, health-related, and work-related factors associated with body
Muscle Activity Patterns during Transient and Prolonged Cycling in Young and Older Individuals: 3244 Board# 5 May 30, 8: 00 AM-9: 30 AM
Simple liking survey associates with weight loss success in a worksite intervention
International Journal of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation
Psychological Health and Overweight and Obesity Among Correctional Employee
CPH News and Views
Sedentary Lifestyle, Obesity, and Aging: Implication for Prevention
The Weight Loss Blogosphere: An Online Survey of Weight Loss Bloggers
Psychological Health and Overweight and Obesity Among Correctional Employee.
Aging and muscle activity patterns during cycling
Health behavior knowledge and self-efficacy as predictors of body weight
Considering the differential impact of three facets of organizational health climate on employees’ well-being
The link between musculoskeletal pain, lifestyle behaviors, exercise self-efficacy, and quality of life in overweight and obese individuals
Lower-extremity joint kinematics and muscle activations during semi-reclined cycling at different workloads in healthy individuals
Association Between Musculoskeletal Pain, Overweight and Obesity and Physical Function in Nursing Home Employees
Effect of Financial Incentive in a Workplace Diabetes Prevention Program
Musculoskeletal diseases, overweight and obesity, and aging workforce: how to encounter the problem
Workplace-based participatory approach to weight loss for correctional employees
Age-related Differences in the Lower- Extremity Muscular Activation During Semi-reclined Cycling at Different Workloads
Overweight and obesity in high stress workplaces
Nutrition-Focused Worksite Healthy Weight Intervention during the Fall/Winter Holiday Season: Pilot Program Successes and Lessons Learned
Using Self-efficacy to Predict Weight Loss in Overweight and Obese Individuals
Cost-effectiveness of a workplace-based incentivized weight loss program
Worksite weight loss intervention for employees in stressful workplaces: A pilot study and baseline survey indicators of success
The living arrangement may differentially influence IDU parents’ motivation to reduce HIV risk as a function of gender
Poster 120: Musculoskeletal Disorders in Overweight and Obese Nursing Staff
Poster 58 Hip and Femur Bone Mineral Density Changes After Electrical Stimulation and Loading in Persons With Motor Complete Spinal Cord Injury
Assessment of a worksite health promotion readiness checklist
Athletic trainers’ workload in NCAA Division I athletic programs
Poster 47: Bone Mineral Density Changes After Electrical Stimulation and Loading in Persons with Motor Complete Spinal Cord Injury
Surveying food and beverage liking: a tool for epidemiological studies to connect chemosensation with health outcomes
Workplace health protection and promotion through participatory ergonomics: an integrated approach
A conceptual framework for integrating workplace health promotion and occupational ergonomics programs
Functional Electrical Stimulation
Leg joint power output during progressive resistance FES-LCE cycling in SCI subjects: developing an index of fatigue
The role of tailored consultation following health-risk appraisals in employees’ health behavior
Poster 48: Muscle Activation Response to Electric Stimulation Intensity for Motor Complete Spinal Cord Injury
HRA Supplemented With Counseling In Improving Employees’ Health Behavior As Part Of Worksite Wellness Program.: 2556: Board# 139: May 31 8: 00 AM-9: 30 AM
Worksite Yoga Program For Non-specific Chronic Low-back Pain And Related Symptoms: 2554: Board# 137: May 31 8: 00 AM-9: 30 AM
Identifying an Effective Paradigm for FES-Induced Cycle Ergometry in Individuals with Spinal Cord Injury
E-technology and pedometer walking program to increase physical activity at work
Identifying offline muscle strength profiles sufficient for short-duration FES-LCE exercise: a PAC learning model approach
Pedometer Walking Program to Increase Physical Activity and Improve Cardiometabloic Health at Work: 1098: 10: 15 AM–10: 30 AM
Prediction of calf volume during muscle contraction
Clinical applications of electrical stimulation for individuals with spinal cord injury
Electronic muscle pump
Poster 27 The Effects of Sports-Related Concussion in College Athletes. Fofi Constantinidou (Miami University, Oxford, OH)
Poster 29: Crank Torque Profile of Leg Muscles at Different Stimulation Intensities and Crank Positions of Electrically Stimulated Cycling
Kinematic analyses of semireclined leg cycling in able-bodied and spinal cord injured individuals
Leg Cycling Dynamics Of Individuals With Spinal Cord Injury During Stationary Leg Cycle Ergometry: 614: Board# 206: 2: 00 PM–3: 30 PM
2004 Annual Index IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Magazine Vol. 23
Relationship between isometric pedal force generation and stimulation intensity of individual leg muscles involved in FES-induced leg cycling
Short-duration FES-induced leg cycling dynamics at different stimulation intensities and flywheel resistances
Nominating committee
Improving pedal power during semireclined leg cycling
Neurological studies-Electrically induced and voluntary activation of physiologic muscle pump: A comparison between spinal cord-injured and able-bodied individuals
Wrist Fracture and its Consequences: A Prospective Follow-up of a Patient
Higher Blood Pressure is Associated with Lower Hip Bone Mass in Postmenopausal Women
Correlates of moderate physical activity in a worksite population
Institute for Rehabilitation Research and Medicine, Wright State University; Rehabilitation Institute of Ohio, Miami Valley Hospital; and Veteran Affairs Medical Center, Dayton, OH
Evaluation of FES techniques for exercise
Improving exercise performance of quadriplegics
Cardiopulmonary and muscular conditioning effects of isokinetic and aerobic exercise on paralyzed patients
Enhancing Physical Fitness in Spinal Cord Injured Individuals through New Technology
Index to Authors of Congress Abstracts
Contribution of Physiological and Psychosocial Risk Factors Combined With Sedentary Lifestyles to Overweight and Obesity: Prospects for Prevention
Muscle Activation Response to Electrical Stimulation for Motor Complete SCI following a Stand Retraining and Functional Electrical Stimulation Intervention: Case Study
