title: Natural course of rotator cuff syndrome in a French working population.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  The aim was to assess the persistence of rotator cuff syndrome (RCS) in workers and to study associations with personal and work-related factors, job change, exposure change and treatment.
  
  
  METHODS
  At baseline, 274 workers suffered from RCS, of whom 150 were followed up. Three groups were constituted: (1) a RCS recovery group, (2) a shoulder pain without RCS group, and (3) a RCS without recovery group. We studied the differences between groups (1) and (3) because of the low number of workers in group (2).
  
  
  RESULTS
  Recovery occurred in 61.5% of men and 51.4% of women. Factors related to work were associated with persistence of RCS in men whereas upper limb pain and absence of job rotation were associated with persistence of RCS in women.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  This descriptive study showed that a high percentage of workers recovered and several personal and work-related factors were associated with persistent RCS. Larger prospective studies are needed to confirm these results.
authors.affiliation: LUNAM Université, Université d'Angers, Laboratoire d'ergonomie et d'épidémiologie en santé au travail (LEEST), Angers, France.
authors.forename: Julie
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Bodin
authors.forename: Catherine
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Ha
authors.forename: Audrey
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Petit
authors.forename: Alexis
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Descatha
authors.forename: Thierry
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Thomas
authors.forename: Marcel
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Goldberg
authors.forename: Annette
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Leclerc
authors.forename: Yves
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Roquelaure
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D018450:Disease Progression; D005260:Female; D005602:France; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009784:Occupational Diseases / Q000503:physiopathology*; D016273:Occupational Exposure / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D020127:Recovery of Function; D012307:Risk Factors; D017006:Rotator Cuff / Q000503:physiopathology*; D020069:Shoulder Pain / Q000503:physiopathology*; D013577:Syndrome; D016526:Workload / Q000706:statistics & numerical data
keywords: musculoskeletal disease; persistence; personal factors; rotator cuff; work-related factors