Work-Related Knee Injuries Treated in Emergency Departments in the United States

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• Alternative Title:
  J Occup Environ Med
• Personal Author:
  Chen, Zhiqiang ; Chakrabarty, Sangita ; Levine, Robert S. ; Aliyu, Muktar H. ; Ding, Tan ; Jackson, Larry L.
• Description:
  Objective
  
  To characterize work-related knee injuries treated in U.S. emergency departments (EDs).
  
  Methods
  
  We characterized work-related knee injuries treated in EDs in 2007 and examined trends from 1998 to 2007 by using the National Electronic Injury Surveillance System—occupational supplement (NEISS-Work).
  
  Results
  
  In 2007, 184,300 (± 54,000, 95% confidence interval) occupational knee injuries were treated in U.S. EDs, accounting for 5% of the 3.4 (± 0.9) million ED-treated occupational injuries. The ED-treated knee injury rate was 13 (± 4) injuries per 10,000 full-time equivalent workers. Younger workers and older female workers had high rates. Strains/sprains and contusions/abrasions were common—frequently resulting from falls and bodily reaction/overexertion events. Knee injury rates declined from 1998 through 2007.
  
  Conclusions
  
  Knee injury prevention should emphasize reducing falls and bodily reaction/overexertion events, particularly among all youth and older women.
  
  
• Subjects:
  Adolescent Adult Aged Aged, 80 And Over Age Distribution Article Binomial Distribution Emergency Service, Hospital Female Humans Knee Injuries Male Middle Aged Occupational Injuries Population Surveillance Regression Analysis Sex Distribution Young Adult

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• Source:
  J Occup Environ Med. 55(9):1091-1099.
• Pubmed ID:
  23969507
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC4553424
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Funding:
  5P20MD000516/MD/NIMHD NIH HHS/United States ; FSK7/Intramural CDC HHS/United States ; P20 MD000516/MD/NIMHD NIH HHS/United States ; T03OH009406-04/OH/NIOSH CDC HHS/United States
• Place as Subject:
  United States
• Volume:
  55
• Issue:
  9
• Collection(s):
  CDC Public Access
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:1f56e7a81aeade3f2cd5134b3154e2c180fe8dac66a7c11ee6a92e7e96281090
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  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/33935/cdc_33935_DS1.pdf
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