Association of objectively measured arm inclination with shoulder pain: A 6-month follow-up prospective study of construction and health care workers.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

The aim was to determine the association of occupational arm inclination with shoulder pain in construction and health care workers.

Methods

Arm inclination relative to the vertical was measured with an accelerometer placed on the dominant upper arm for up to four full days at baseline in 62 construction workers and 63 health care workers. The pain intensity in the shoulder and mechanical and psychosocial work factors were measured by self-reports at baseline and prospectively after 6 months. The associations between exposures and shoulder pain were analyzed with multilevel mixed-effects linear regressions.

Results

For the total study population working with the dominant arm at inclinations > 30° and >120° was associated with lower levels of shoulder pain b

SUBMITTER: Koch M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5703553 | biostudies-literature | 2017

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature