Incidence and prevalence of upper-extremity musculoskeletal disorders. A systematic appraisal of the literature

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>A systematic appraisal of the worldwide incidence and prevalence rates of UEDs available in scientific literature was executed to gauge the range of these estimates in various countries and to determine whether the rates are increasi...

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Main Authors: Bierma-Zeinstra Sita MA, Huisstede Bionka MA, Koes Bart W, Verhaar Jan AN
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2006-01-01
Series:BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2474/7/7