Associations of work activities requiring pinch or hand grip or exposure to hand-arm vibration with finger and wrist osteoarthritis: a meta-analysis

• Hauptverfasser: Paula EC Hammer (Verfasst von), Rahman Shiri (Verfasst von), Ann I Kryger (Verfasst von), Lilli Kirkeskov (Verfasst von), Jens Peter Bonde (Verfasst von)
• Format: Buch
• Veröffentlicht: Nordic Association of Occupational Safety and Health (NOROSH), 2014-03-01T00:00:00Z.
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OBJECTIVE: We systematically reviewed the epidemiologic evidence linking finger and wrist osteoarthritis (OA) with work activities requiring pinch or hand grip or exposure to hand-arm vibration (HAV). METHODS: PubMed and Embase databases were searched up to June 2013. We selected studies assessing t...