Luopajärvi T, Kuorinka I, Virolainen M, Holmberg M
Scand J Work Environ Health. 1979;5 suppl 3:48-55.
The purpose of this investigation was to compare the prevalence of soft tissue disorders in the neck, arms and hands between packers doing repetitive work and shop assistants with variable tasks. One hundred and fifty-two female assembly-line packers in a food production factory and 133 female shop assistants were interviewed about their symptoms and given a clinical examination of the neck and upper extremities. The number of cases of tension neck, cervical syndrome, scalenus syndrome, and humeral epicondylitis did not differ significantly between the two groups. The prevalence of tenosynovitis and humeral tendinitis was significantly higher for the assembly-line packers. The packing work consisted of static muscle work by the arms, grasping and maximal extensions of the fingers, and lateral deviations of the wrists. The movements numbered up to 25,000/workday. A relationship between some work load factors and some disorders of the upper extremities is probable.
本调查的目的是比较从事重复性工作的包装工人与从事多样化任务的商店售货员在颈部、手臂和手部软组织疾病的患病率。对一家食品生产厂的152名女性装配线包装工人和133名女性商店售货员进行了症状询问，并对其颈部和上肢进行了临床检查。两组之间紧张性颈部综合征、颈椎病、斜角肌综合征和肱骨外上髁炎的病例数无显著差异。装配线包装工人的腱鞘炎和肱骨肌腱炎患病率明显更高。包装工作包括手臂的静态肌肉工作、手指的抓握和最大伸展以及手腕的侧偏。每天的动作多达25000次。一些工作负荷因素与一些上肢疾病之间可能存在关联。
