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http://dx.doi.org/10.5762/KAIS.2013.14.3.1221

The Prevalence and Risk Factors of Knee Pain among Farm Workers  

Kim, Dong-Hyun (Department of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Dankook University Hospital)
Cho, Young-Chae (Department of Preventive Medicine and Public Health, Chungnam National University School of Medicine and Research Institute for Medical Sciences)
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Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society / v.14, no.3, 2013 , pp. 1221-1227 More about this Journal
Abstract
This study aims to establish the prevalence and risk factors of knee pain. Study subjects in this survey were 306 farm workers of the two-Myon, Keumsan-Gun, Chungnam-Do. Collected data was self-administered questionnaires that were investigated in February 1 to march 31, 2012, about the existence of knee pain, age, sex, height, weight, and the type of farm work. As a results, females had more knee pain than males. Aging was a major cause of knee pain in both genders. About half of persons over 60 years old had knee pain. Tall and heavy females had more knee pain than short and light females, but this trend was not observed in males. these results represent fundamental data for prevention of knee pain.
Keywords
Farm workers; Knee pain; Prevalence; Risk factors;
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