ArticleOccupational and environmental medicine2008
Incidence of surgically treated osteoarthritis in the hip and knee in male construction workers.
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- Occupational Risk in Knee Osteoarthritis: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Observational Studies.Arthritis care & research · 2020Pooled it
- Men and Women's Occupational Activities and the Risk of Developing Osteoarthritis of the Knee, Hip, or Hands: A Systematic Review and Recommendations for Future Research.Arthritis care & research · 2020Pooled it
- The Prevalence of Symptomatic Knee Osteoarthritis in Relation to Age, Sex, Area, Region, and Body Mass Index in China: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Frontiers in medicine · 2020Pooled it
- Drivers of surgery for the degenerative hip, knee, and spine: a systematic review.Clinical orthopaedics and related research · 2012Pooled it
- Epidemiological evidence for work load as a risk factor for osteoarthritis of the hip: a systematic review.PloS one · 2012Pooled it
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- The rate of joint replacement in osteoarthritis depends on the patient's socioeconomic status.Acta orthopaedica · 2016Article
- HIP osteoarthritis and work.Best practice & research. Clinical rheumatology · 2015Review
- Occupational and genetic risk factors for osteoarthritis: a review.Work (Reading, Mass.) · 2015Review
- Risk factors for knee replacement due to primary osteoarthritis, a population based, prospective cohort study of 315,495 individuals.BMC musculoskeletal disorders · 2014Article
- Epidemiology of hip replacements in Korea from 2007 to 2011.Journal of Korean medical science · 2014Article
- Occupational physical loading tasks and knee osteoarthritis: a review of the evidence.Physiotherapy Canada. Physiotherapie Canada · 2014Article
- Work-related knee injuries treated in US emergency departments.Journal of occupational and environmental medicine · 2013Article
- Occupational activities and osteoarthritis of the knee.British medical bulletin · 2012Review
- Burden of work-related knee disorders in Washington State, 1999 to 2007.Journal of occupational and environmental medicine · 2011Article
- Epidemiology of knee and hip arthroplasty: a systematic review.The open orthopaedics journal · 2011Article
- Risk factors for hip problems among assembly plant workers.Journal of occupational rehabilitation · 2011Article
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Abstract
objectiveOccupational workload has been associated with an increased risk of osteoarthritis. The objective was to further examine the association between workload and occurrence of osteoarthritis and in particular to study whether heavy workload has similar importance as a causative factor for osteoarthritis of the hip and knee.
methodsIn a cohort study, the authors investigated the incidence of surgically treated osteoarthritis in the hip and knee among men employed in the Swedish construction industry (n = 204 741). Incident cases were found by linkage with the Swedish hospital discharge register between 1987 and 1998. Incidence rates adjusted for age and BMI were compared between different occupational groups.
resultsThe incidence rates for osteoarthritis in hip and knee were positively correlated (r = 0.62; p = 0.01). There was a significantly increased risk of surgically treated osteoarthritis in the knee among floor layers, asphalt workers, sheet-metal workers, rock workers, plumbers, brick layers, wood workers and concrete workers. Even if there was a trend towards increased relative risks for osteoarthritis in the hip in floor layers, asphalt workers, wood workers and concrete workers they were not statistically significant. The relative risk for surgically treated osteoarthritis of the knee was 4.7 (95% CI 1.8 to 12.3) among floor layers, indicating an attributable fraction for work factors of 79%.
conclusionsThis study shows that some work-related factors seem to be risk factors for osteoarthritis both in the knee and hip. However, the risk factors seem to be of greater importance for osteoarthritis in the knee compared with the hip. This study indicates that at least 50% of the cases of severe osteoarthritis of the knee can be prevented through decreasing occupational risk factors in some occupational groups.
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