Risk factors for visiting a medical department because of upper-extremity musculoskeletal disorders

Abstract

The following article refers to this text: 2010;36(1):1-80

Systematic evaluation of observational methods assessing biomechanical exposures at work

“…The correspondence has been moderate, even though the strain index identified more hazardous jobs than the HAL method (74,75). An association with upper-limb disorders has been seen in several cross-sectional studies (75,78,83,84) as well as in prospective longitudinal studies (85)(86)(87)(88)(89)(90). The intra-and inter-observer repeatability has been moderate to good (82,91).…”

Workers’ compensation claims for musculoskeletal disorders and injuries of the upper extremity and knee among union carpenters in Washington State, 1989–2008

“…Based on these data alone, it is unclear the extent to which these patterns reflect differences by time in the union in experience, training, job tasks, exposures, and injury reporting. Additionally, these patterns may reflect, in part, the healthy worker survivor effect [Arrighi and Hertz‐Picciotto, ; Seibert et al, 2001; Werner et al, ].…”

Association Between Cardiovascular Risk Factors and Carpal Tunnel Syndrome in Pooled Occupational Cohorts

“…[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8] These factors have now been confirmed in several prospective cohort studies. [9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16] Whereas some have suggested work-related factors are the greatest risks, a population-based estimate of risk of CTS in the state of Wisconsin with an approximate population of 5 million demonstrated both high and increased risk among those over 65 years of age 17 apparently at least partially contradicting the assumption of a large overall magnitude of impact of occupational factors.…”