Occupational lifting is associated with hip osteoarthritis: a Japanese case-control study.
OBJECTIVE: Hip osteoarthritis (OA) is a frequent cause of pain and disability in Western countries, but the disorder is less common in Japan. A case-control study in Britain found obesity, hip injury, and occupational lifting to be associated with hip OA among men and women. However, there are few e...
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| Format: | Journal article |
| Language: | English |
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2000
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