Table 3 Prevalence of musculoskeletal disorders by presumptive diagnosis of doctors
Presumptive diagnosis | Total (of 1581) | Age, n (%) | Subjective physical loading, n (%) | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
< 50 years | ≥50 years | Low | Hard | Very hard | ||||||||
Myofascial syndrome | 241 | (15.2) | 91 | (15.4) | 150 | (15.2) | 11 | (4.4) | 99 | (15.2) | 131 | (19.4)* |
Finger joint osteoarthritis | 233 | (14.7) | 62 | (10.5) | 171 | (17.3) | 17 | (6.7) | 80 | (12.3) | 136 | (20.1)* |
Elbow epicondylitis | 171 | (10.8) | 58 | (9.8) | 113 | (11.4) | 3 | (1.2) | 71 | (10.9) | 97 | (14.3)* |
Rotator cuff syndrome | 141 | (8.9) | 39 | (6.6) | 102 | (10.3) | 67 | (9.9) | 62 | (9.5) | 11 | (4.4)* |
Carpal tunnel syndrome | 100 | (6.3) | 39 | (6.6) | 61 | (6.2) | 3 | (1.2) | 38 | (5.8) | 59 | (8.7)* |
Finger tenosynovitis | 62 | (3.9) | 28 | (4.7) | 34 | (3.4) | 2 | (0.8) | 34 | (5.2) | 26 | (3.8) |
Lumbar radiculopathy | 34 | (2.2) | 10 | (1.7) | 24 | (2.4) | 1 | (0.4) | 11 | (1.7) | 22 | (3.3) |
Cervical radiculopathy | 29 | (1.8) | 8 | (1.4) | 21 | (2.1) | 3 | (1.2) | 10 | (1.5) | 16 | (2.4) |
Knee osteoarthritis | 24 | (1.5) | 5 | (0.8) | 19 | (1.9) | 1 | (0.4) | 11 | (1.7) | 12 | (1.8) |