Chronic symptoms in construction workers treated for musculoskeletal injuries
Welch, Laura S. ; Hunting, Katherine L. ; Nessel-Stephens, Lisa
American Journal of Industrial Medicine
1999
36
5
532-540
construction industry ; medical surveillance ; muscular work ; musculoskeletal diseases ; repetitive strain injury
Musculoskeletal disorders (MSD)
English
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Seventy individuals were interviewed about the long-term impacts of 72 incidents that had resulted in work-related soft tissue musculoskeletal injuries. For 46 (62 percent) of the 74 diagnoses, problems continued beyond two months. Hispanic and older workers were more likely to have continuing symptoms. Job accommodations were made in only a minority of these injuries.
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