Prevalence of upper extremity musculoskeletal disorders in college students

Jeffrey N Katz; Benjamin C Amick; Barbara B Carroll; Christine Hollis; Anne H Fossel; Christopher M Coley

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Prevalence of upper extremity musculoskeletal disorders in college students

Jeffrey N Katz, MD, MS
Jeffrey N Katz
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Correspondence should be addressed to Jeffrey N. Katz, MD, MS, Division of Rheumatology, Immunology and Allergy, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, 75 Francis Street, B-3, Boston, Massachusetts 02115
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Robert B. Brigham Multipurpose Arthritis and Musculoskeletal Diseases Center (JNK, AHF), Division of Rheumatology, Immunology and Allergy, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Harvard Medical School (JNK, CMC), Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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Benjamin C Amick III, PhD
Benjamin C Amick III
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University of Texas at Houston School of Public Health (BCA), Houston, Texas and the Institute for Work and Health, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Barbara B Carroll, EdD
Barbara B Carroll
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Harvard College (BBC), Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
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Christine Hollis, MPH
Christine Hollis
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Harvard University Health Services (CH, CMC), Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
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Anne H Fossel
Anne H Fossel
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Robert B. Brigham Multipurpose Arthritis and Musculoskeletal Diseases Center (JNK, AHF), Division of Rheumatology, Immunology and Allergy, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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Christopher M Coley, MD
Christopher M Coley
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Harvard University Health Services (CH, CMC), Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
Harvard Medical School (JNK, CMC), Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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Published:August 16, 2004DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/S0002-9343(00)00538-6

Upper extremity musculoskeletal disorders are the fastest growing source of disability in the US workplace (

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). Computer work for 4 or more hours per day doubles the risk of these disorders (

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). The association of upper extremity disorders with prolonged computer work and their emergence in younger workers (

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) suggest that college students may also be at risk.

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Published online: August 16, 2004

Accepted: June 23, 2000

Received in revised form: June 23, 2000

Received: February 24, 2000

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☆Supported by the Harvard University Provost’s Fund for Interfaculty Collaboration and the Robert B. Brigham Multipurpose Arthritis and Musculoskeletal Diseases Center (AR 36301).

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