Occupational biomechanical risk factors for surgically treated ulnar nerve entrapment in a prospective study of male construction workers

• Main Authors: Jennie A Jackson (Author), David Olsson (Author), Laura Punnett (Author), Alex Burdorf (Author), Bengt Järvholm (Author), Jens Wahlström (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Nordic Association of Occupational Safety and Health (NOROSH), 2019-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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OBJECTIVES: The aim of this study was to determine the association between occupational biomechanical exposures and occurrence of surgically treated ulnar nerve entrapment (UNE). METHODS: A cohort of 229 689 male construction workers who participated in a national occupational health surveillance pr...