Stanley D
From Northern General Hospital, Sheffield.
J Shoulder Elbow Surg. 1994 Nov;3(6):386-9. doi: 10.1016/S1058-2746(09)80024-4. Epub 2009 Feb 13.
A total of 1150 consecutive patients attending fracture clinics were examined. One hundred fifty patients were excluded because they had fractures close to the elbow, multiple joint osteoarthritis, or posttraumatic osteoarthritis. This exclusion left a study population of 1000 patients. The prevalence of symptomatic elbow osteoarthritis was 2%. Osteoarthritis was found to be more common in men (p < 0.001) and in workers who did heavy manual labor (p < 0.016).
共对1150名连续到骨折诊所就诊的患者进行了检查。150名患者被排除，因为他们肘部附近有骨折、多关节骨关节炎或创伤后骨关节炎。排除这些患者后，研究人群为1000名患者。有症状的肘部骨关节炎患病率为2%。发现骨关节炎在男性中更常见（p<0.001），在从事重体力劳动的工人中更常见（p<0.016）。
