TY - JOUR T1 - Prevalence of epicondylitis and elbow pain in the meat-processing industry. JO - Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment & Health PY - 1991/2VL - 17 IS - 1 SP - 38 EP - 45 AU - Viikari-Juntura, Eira AU - Kurppa, Kari AU - Kuosma, Eeva AU - Huuskonen, Matti AU - Kuorinka, Ilkka AU - Ketola, Ritva AU - Konni, U M3 - doi: 10.5271/sjweh.1736 UR - https://www.sjweh.fi/show_abstract.php?abstract_id=1736 N2 -

To determine the etiologic role of strenuous manual tasks in relation to epicondylitis, three clinical cross-sectional examinations were performed on meatcutters (N = 102), sausage makers (N = 125), packers (N = 150), and workers in nonstrenuous tasks (N = 332). The workers in strenuous jobs reported elbow symptoms 1.6-1.8 times as often as those in nonstrenuous jobs. Female sausage makers also showed epicondylar tenderness more often than the women in nonstrenuous jobs. In all the cross-sectional examinations combined, seven cases (0.8%) of epicondylitis were detected in both the strenuous and nonstrenuous jobs. A control for the possible sources of bias (leaving the company, changing task, being on sick leave) did not suggest a marked loss of potential cases of epicondylitis. A major role of strenuous tasks in the etiology of epicondylitis was not shown. However, because the number of clinical cases was small, the power of the study was low.

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