Occupation and epicondylitis: a population-based study
Walker-Bone, Karen, Palmer, Keith T., Reading, Isabel, Coggon, David and Cooper, Cyrus (2011) Occupation and epicondylitis: a population-based study. Rheumatology (doi:10.1093/rheumatology/ker228). (PMID:22019808).
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Description/Abstract
Objective. To explore the relationship between occupational exposures and lateral and medial epicondylitis,
and the effect of epicondylitis on sickness absence in a population sample of working-aged adults.
Methods. This was a cross-sectional study of 9696 randomly selected adults aged 25�64 years involving
a screening questionnaire and standardized physical examination. Age- and sex-specific prevalence rates
of epicondylitis were estimated and associations with occupational risk factors explored.
Results. Among 6038 respondents, 636 (11%) reported elbow pain in the last week. Of those surveyed,
0.7% were diagnosed with lateral epicondylitis and 0.6% with medial epicondylitis. Lateral epicondylitis
was associated with manual work [odds ratio (OR) 4.0, 95% CI 1.9, 8.4]. In multivariate analyses, repetitive
bending/straightening elbow >1 h day was independently associated with lateral (OR 2.5, 95% CI 1.2, 5.5)
and medial epicondylitis (OR 5.1, 95% CI 1.8, 14.3). Five per cent of adults with epicondylitis took sickness
absence because of their elbow symptoms in the past 12 months (median 29 days).
Conclusion. Repetitive exposure to bending/straightening the elbow was a significant risk factor for
medial and lateral epicondylitis. Epicondylitis is associated with prolonged sickness absence in 5% of
affected working-aged adults.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| ISSNs: | 1462-0324 (print) 1462-0332 (electronic) |
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| Keywords: | lateral epicondylitis, medial epicondylitis, epidemiology, occupation, sickness absence |
| Subjects: | R Medicine > R Medicine (General) R Medicine > RA Public aspects of medicine |
| Divisions: | Faculty of Medicine > Primary Care and Population Sciences |
| Item ID: | 202219 |
| Date Deposited: | 03 Nov 2011 15:44 |
| Last Modified: | 01 Mar 2012 05:56 |
| Contributors: | Walker-Bone, Karen (Author) Palmer, Keith T. (Author) Reading, Isabel (Author) Coggon, David (Author) Cooper, Cyrus (Author) |
| Date: | 22 October 2011 |
| Status: | Unpublished |
| URI: | http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/202219 |
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