Disability pension due to musculoskeletal diagnoses: importance of work-related factors in a prospective cohort study of Finnish twins

• Main Authors: Sanna Kärkkäinen (Author), Janne Pitkäniemi (Author), Karri Silventoinen (Author), Pia Svedberg (Author), Antti Huunan-Seppälä (Author), Karoliina Koskenvuo (Author), Markku Koskenvuo (Author), Kristina Alexanderson (Author), Jaakko Kaprio (Author), Annina Ropponen (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Nordic Association of Occupational Safety and Health (NOROSH), 2013-07-01T00:00:00Z.
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OBJECTIVES: The aim of this study was to investigate the impact of work-related risk factors for future disability pension (DP) due to musculoskeletal diagnoses and for a subgroup of these, namely, DP due to osteoarthritis. METHODS: For this prospective study of 16 028 Finnish twins born in 1911-195...