Risk factors for specific upper limb disorders as compared with non-specific upper limb pain: assessing the utility of a structured examination schedule.

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BACKGROUND: Few community-based epidemiological investigations of upper limb disorders (ULDs) have classified cases by validated procedures involving a structured clinical examination. AIM: To compare risk factor profiles for different diagnostic categories of ULD using one such examination scheme. METHODS: A questionnaire about upper limb pain and demographic, occupational and psychosocial risk factors was mailed to 10,264 adults from two English general practices, followed by standardized p...

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Authors: Walker-Bone, K; Reading, I; Coggon, D; Cooper, C; Palmer, K

• Publication status: Published
• Journal: Occupational medicine (Oxford, England)
• Volume: 56
• Issue: 4
• Pages: 243-250
• Publication date: 2006-06-01
• DOI: 10.1093/occmed/kql016
• EISSN: 1471-8405
• ISSN: 0962-7480
• Language: English
• Keywords: Upper Extremity; Male; Aged; Humans; England; Pain; Physical Examination; Middle Aged; Musculoskeletal Diseases; Risk Factors; Occupational Diseases; Diagnosis, Differential; Female; Adult