ArticlePhysiotherapy Canada. Physiotherapie Canada2014
Occupational physical loading tasks and knee osteoarthritis: a review of the evidence.
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- Work-break schedules for preventing musculoskeletal symptoms and disorders in healthy workers.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2019Pooled it
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- Bilateral Asymmetry in Knee and Hip Musculoskeletal Loading During Stair Ascending/Descending in Individuals with Unilateral Mild-to-Moderate Medial Knee Osteoarthritis.Annals of biomedical engineering · 2023Article
- Multi-frame biomechanical and relaxometry analysis during in vivo loading of the human knee by spiral dualMRI and compressed sensing.Magnetic resonance in medicine · 2023Article
- Stepping Forward: A Scoping Review of Physical Activity in Osteoarthritis.The Journal of rheumatology · 2023Article
- Is Balance Training Using Biofeedback Effective in the Prophylaxis of Falls in Women over the Age of 65?Brain sciences · 2023Article
- Risk of total hip arthroplasty after elite sport: linking 3304 former world-class athletes with the Norwegian Arthroplasty Register.British journal of sports medicine · 2022Article
- Increased risk of incident knee osteoarthritis in those with greater work-related physical activity.Occupational and environmental medicine · 2022Article
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Abstract
unlabelledPurpose : To perform a systematic review with best evidence synthesis examining the literature on the relationship between occupational loading tasks and knee osteoarthritis (OA).
methodsTwo databases were searched to identify articles published between 1946 and April, 2011. Eligible studies were those that (1) included adults reporting on their employment history; (2) measured individuals' exposure to work-related activities with heavy loading in the knee joint; and (3) identified presence of knee OA (determined by X-ray), cartilage defects associated with knee OA (identified by magnetic resonance imaging), or joint replacement surgery.
resultsA total of 32 articles from 31 studies met the inclusion criteria. We found moderate evidence that combined heavy lifting and kneeling is a risk factor for knee OA, with odds ratios (OR) varying from 1.8 to 7.9, and limited evidence for heavy lifting (OR=1.4-7.3), kneeling (OR=1.5-6.9), stair climbing (OR=1.6-5.1), and occupational groups (OR=1.4-4.7) as risk factors. When examined by sex, moderate level evidence of knee OA was found in men; however, the evidence in women was limited.
conclusionsFurther high-quality prospective studies are warranted to provide further evidence on the role of occupational loading tasks in knee OA, particularly in women.
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