Adoption of Preventive Measures After Returning to Work Among Workers Affected by De Quervain’s Tenosynovitis

Abstract

Despite the increased proportion of workers with preventive measures implemented in their workplace following reincorporation to the job, there is a lack of information and of adoption of ergonomic preventive measures specific to this pathology. Implementation of ergonomic programs could reduce incidence of musculoskeletal disorders such as DQT, and would thus increase productivity, efficiency and worker satisfaction, while diminishing sick leave episodes, and the associated costs and relapses.

Symptoms, Diagnosis, and Treatments of Stenosing Tenosynovitis

“…Some sports activities, including volleyball and table tennis, could be risky factors [3]. Labourers who attend in repeated hand and wrist movements and clumsy positions have a higher risk of stenosing tenosynovitis [4].…”

“…For instance, the application of ergonomic designs might link to the decline of some diseases. The pre-service education from managers about dangerous circumstances and modifications could decrease the potential upper limb injury and subsequent musculoskeletal diseases [4]. At the same time, reducing repetitive hand and wrist movements might decline the recurrence of stenosing tenosynovitis.…”

Ergonomic evaluation of pharmacy tasks.

“…There is not sufficient scientific evidence to determine a causal relationship between de Quervain tenosynovitis and occupational risk factors such as repetitive and forceful work [Stahl et al 2013[Stahl et al , 2015. However, implementation of ergonomic programs could reduce incidence of musculoskeletal disorders such as de Quervain tenosynovitis [Calvo-Cerrada et al 2012].…”

Topics and trends in research on non-clinical interventions aimed at preventing prolonged work disability in workers compensated for work-related musculoskeletal disorders (WRMSDs): a systematic, comprehensive literature review

“…neck or shoulder) [106]. Several costly conditions, such as carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) [101,[107][108][109][110][111][112][113][114][115][116][117][118], epicondylitis [119,120], and De Quervain's tenosynovitis [121], were investigated to varying degrees because of the major consequences for society and individuals.…”

“…Many studies have been conducted of programmes or interventions aimed at achieving successful outcomes in terms of rehabilitation and sustainable RTW of workers with compensated WRMSDs [106,[138][139][140][141][142][143][144][145][146][147][148][149][150][151]. The efficacy of workplace-based strategies designed either to promote a RTW or to maintain worker employability [37,98,103,141,[152][153][154][155][156][157], and the effectiveness of the psychosocial [158][159][160][161][162] or ergonomic workplacerelated interventions [36,38,102,121,148,[163][164][165][166][167][168][169], are frequently investigated and found to be effective in preventing prolonged disability [37,101,157,164,…”