title: Prevalence of epicondylitis, rotator cuff syndrome, and low back pain in Latino poultry workers and manual laborers.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  The goal of this study is to improve understanding of immigrant Latino manual workers' occupational health, focusing on upper body musculoskeletal injury.
  
  
  METHODS
  Physical exams were conducted with a representative sample of 516 Latino poultry workers and manual laborers in western North Carolina; outcome measures were prevalence of epicondylitis, rotator cuff syndrome, and low back pain.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Low back pain (n = 89; 17.2%) and rotator cuff syndrome (n = 76; 14.7%) indicated by physical exam was common. Epicondylitis was less common, but still frequent (n = 30; 5.8%). Prevalence of each outcome did not differ between poultry processing workers and other manual workers. Workers >40 years old had greater incidence of rotator cuff syndrome and epicondylitis.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Epicondylitis, rotator cuff syndrome, and low back pain are common in immigrant Latino workers, and may negatively impact long-term health and contribute to occupational health disparities.
authors.affiliation: Department of Family and Community Medicine, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, North Carolina 27157, USA. drosenba@wakehealth.edu
authors.forename: Daryl A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Rosenbaum
authors.forename: Joseph G
authors.initials: JG
authors.lastname: Grzywacz
authors.forename: Haiying
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Thomas A
authors.initials: TA
authors.lastname: Arcury
authors.forename: Mark R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Schulz
authors.forename: Jill N
authors.initials: JN
authors.lastname: Blocker
authors.forename: Dana C
authors.initials: DC
authors.lastname: Mora
authors.forename: Sara A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Quandt
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000818:Animals; D015331:Cohort Studies; D017281:Cost of Illness; D054242:Emigrants and Immigrants; D005260:Female; D005525:Food-Processing Industry; D006306:Health Surveys; D006630:Hispanic or Latino; D006801:Humans; D007407:Interviews as Topic; D017116:Low Back Pain / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000208:ethnology* / Q000209:etiology; D008297:Male; D009657:North Carolina / Q000453:epidemiology; D009784:Occupational Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000208:ethnology*; D010808:Physical Examination; D011200:Poultry; D015995:Prevalence; D057566:Self Report; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D019534:Shoulder Impingement Syndrome / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000208:ethnology* / Q000209:etiology; D013716:Tennis Elbow / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000208:ethnology* / Q000209:etiology; D055815:Young Adult