Musculoskeletal disorders of the neck and shoulders in female sewing machine operators: prevalence, incidence, and prognosis

• Published in: Occupational and environmental medicine (London, England) Vol. 57; no. 8; pp. 528 - 534
• Main Authors: Kaergaard, Anette, Andersen, Johan H
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London BMJ Publishing Group Ltd 01.08.2000; BMJ Publishing Group; BMJ; BMJ Publishing Group LTD; BMJ Group
• Subjects: Adult; Aged; Analysis of Variance; Biological and medical sciences; Cohort Studies; Denmark - epidemiology; Diseases of the osteoarticular system; Disorders; Employment; Facial Neuralgia - diagnosis; Facial Neuralgia - epidemiology; Facial Neuralgia - etiology; follow up study; Follow-Up Studies; Humans; Incidence; Juxtaarticular diseases. Extraarticular rhumatism; Male; Medical prognosis; Medical sciences; Middle Aged; Muscular disorders; Musculoskeletal diseases; Musculoskeletal Diseases - diagnosis; Musculoskeletal Diseases - epidemiology; Musculoskeletal Diseases - etiology; musculoskeletal system; myofascial pain syndrome; Myofascial pain syndromes; Neck; Occupational Diseases - diagnosis; Occupational Diseases - epidemiology; Occupational Diseases - etiology; Occupational Exposure - adverse effects; Occupational health; Pain; Patient assessment; prognostic risk factors; Questionnaires; Regression Analysis; Rotator cuff; rotator cuff syndrome; sewing machine operators; Sewing machines; Shoulder; Surveys and Questionnaires; Tendinopathy; Textile Industry; working conditions; Denmark; Europe; Juxtaarticular disease; Human; Musculoskeletal diseases; Prognosis; Prevalence; Diseases of the osteoarticular system; Self perception; Myalgia; Occupational exposure; Epidemiology; Incidence; Striated muscle disease; Pain; Sewing; Tendinitis; Follow up study; Sociodemographic factor; Shoulder; Female; Neck; Occupational medicine; Textile industry

OBJECTIVES To assess the occurrence and persistence of two restrictively defined neck-shoulder disorders among sewing machine operators. To assess factors associated with the development of neck-shoulder disorder and prognostic factors for remaining a case, when disorders were already present. METHO...