Occupational activities and osteoarthritis of the knee
Occupational activities and osteoarthritis of the knee
Background: The prevalence of knee osteoarthritis (OA) is rising and the search for interventions to mitigate risk is intensifying. This review considers the contribution of occupational activities to disease occurrence and the lessons for prevention.
Sources: Systematic search in Embase and Medline covering the period 1996 to November 2011.
Areas of agreement: Reasonably good evidence exists that physical work activities (especially kneeling, squatting, lifting and climbing) can cause and/or aggravate knee OA. These exposures should be reduced where possible. Obese workers with such exposures are at additional risk of knee OA and should therefore particularly be encouraged to lose weight.
Areas of uncertainty/research need: Workplace interventions and policies to prevent knee OA have seldom been evaluated. Moreover, their implementation can be problematic. However, the need for research to optimize the design of work in relation to knee OA is pressing, given population trends towards extended working life.
gonarthrosis, employment, occupational, aetiology
147-170
Palmer, Keith T.
0cfe63f0-1d33-40ff-ae8c-6c33601df850
June 2012
Palmer, Keith T.
0cfe63f0-1d33-40ff-ae8c-6c33601df850
Abstract
Background: The prevalence of knee osteoarthritis (OA) is rising and the search for interventions to mitigate risk is intensifying. This review considers the contribution of occupational activities to disease occurrence and the lessons for prevention.
Sources: Systematic search in Embase and Medline covering the period 1996 to November 2011.
Areas of agreement: Reasonably good evidence exists that physical work activities (especially kneeling, squatting, lifting and climbing) can cause and/or aggravate knee OA. These exposures should be reduced where possible. Obese workers with such exposures are at additional risk of knee OA and should therefore particularly be encouraged to lose weight.
Areas of uncertainty/research need: Workplace interventions and policies to prevent knee OA have seldom been evaluated. Moreover, their implementation can be problematic. However, the need for research to optimize the design of work in relation to knee OA is pressing, given population trends towards extended working life.
This record has no associated files available for download.
More information
e-pub ahead of print date: 26 April 2012
Published date: June 2012
Keywords:
gonarthrosis, employment, occupational, aetiology
Organisations:
Faculty of Health Sciences
Identifiers
Local EPrints ID: 345311
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/345311
ISSN: 0007-1420
PURE UUID: afd82b66-feb5-47bc-b069-686d68c43bef
Catalogue record
Date deposited: 16 Nov 2012 11:35
Last modified: 14 Mar 2024 12:24
Export record
Altmetrics
Contributors
Author:
Keith T. Palmer
Download statistics
Downloads from ePrints over the past year. Other digital versions may also be available to download e.g. from the publisher's website.
View more statistics