Grieco A, Molteni G, De Vito G, Sias N
Department of Occupational Health, University of Milan, Italy.
Ergonomics. 1998 Sep;41(9):1253-60. doi: 10.1080/001401398186298.
The link between occupation and musculoskeletal disorders has been focused on in numerous research projects, ranging from those simply observing the different pathological findings reported among workers performing particular tasks, down to the latest studies actually quantifying the 'exposure' of workers to physical and psychosocial stimuli. For some disorders and certain tissues, it has been reported that specific types of work-related exposure are associated with the development of musculoskeletal pathologies, and that the relative risks for certain types of occupational exposure can be extremely high. This has been proven in relation to tendinitis of the shoulder and hand-wrist, carpal tunnel syndrome, as well as several localized aspecific musculoskeletal symptoms, such as pain. For other pathologies, the studies reported contradictory results. This is the case for lateral epicondylitis and cervical radiculopathy.
职业与肌肉骨骼疾病之间的联系在众多研究项目中都受到了关注，这些研究项目范围广泛，从仅仅观察从事特定任务的工人中报告的不同病理发现，到实际量化工人暴露于身体和心理社会刺激的最新研究。对于某些疾病和特定组织，据报道，特定类型的与工作相关的暴露与肌肉骨骼病变的发展有关，并且某些类型职业暴露的相对风险可能极高。这已在肩部和手腕腱鞘炎、腕管综合征以及几种局部非特异性肌肉骨骼症状（如疼痛）方面得到证实。对于其他病症，研究报告了相互矛盾的结果。肱骨外上髁炎和神经根型颈椎病就是这种情况。
