Open AccessCoxarthrosis and physical work load.
Author(s) -
Eva Vingård,
Christer Hogstedt,
Lars Alfredsson,
E. Fellenius,
Ian Goldie,
Max Köster
Publication year - 1991
Publication title -
scandinavian journal of work, environment and health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.621
H-Index - 103
eISSN - 1795-990X
pISSN - 0355-3140
DOI - 10.5271/sjweh.1727
Subject(s) - confidence interval , medicine , referent , relative risk , physical therapy , risk factor , population , work (physics) , environmental health , mechanical engineering , philosophy , linguistics , engineering
A case-referent study was performed on the possible relationship between physical work loads and an increased risk of developing coxarthrosis. The cases were 239 male recipients of a hip prosthesis as a result of severe idiopathic coxarthrosis; the referents were 302 men randomly selected from the general population. The work load was assessed through an interview and a self-administered questionnaire on the men's specific work periods. Men highly exposed to dynamic or static work loads had an increased relative risk of 2.42 (95% confidence interval 1.45-4.04) for developing coxarthrosis when compared with men with low exposure. Men with high exposure to heavy lifting between the ages of 30 and 49 years had the highest relative risk, 3.31 (95% confidence interval 1.97-5.57). Long-time exposure to physical work loads seems to be a risk factor for severe coxarthrosis among men.