title: Neck and upper limb disorders among slaughterhouse workers. An epidemiologic and clinical study.
abstract: The aim of the study was twofold, (i) to detect neck and upper limb disorders in slaughterhouse workers and (ii) to develop methods for the epidemiologic screening of these disorders. A total of 117 slaughterhouse workers underwent a physical examination of the neck and upper extremities and were interviewed for their subjective symptoms. In addition to a prestructured screening diagnosis, a clinical diagnosis was made. The prevalence of tension neck syndrome was 6.2%, and that of tenosynovitis and peritendinitis of the wrist and forearm 4.4%. The screening diagnoses were not always the same as the clinical diagnoses obtained in more-detailed examinations. However, the nine disorders in the screening method fairly well represented the disorders detected in the clinical examination.
mesh_terms: D000003:Abattoirs; D000328:Adult; D001132:Arm; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009135:Muscular Diseases / Q000209:etiology*; D009333:Neck; D009784:Occupational Diseases / Q000209:etiology*; D010523:Peripheral Nervous System Diseases / Q000209:etiology*; D012782:Shoulder