Table 2 MSD prevalence of the upper and lower extremities
# | First author, year | Country | Sample Sizea | Shoulder | Hand/wrist | Finger | Elbow | Knee | Feet | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|  | Prevalence % (95% CI)b |  |  | point | 12-month | point | 12-month | point (†12-months) | 12-month (†point) | 12-month | 12-month (†point) |
1 | Adewumi-Gunn, 2016 [39] | US | 22 | – | – | 54% (34.7–73.1) | – | 54% (34.7–73.1) | – | – | – |
2 | Amodeo, 2004 [40] | FRc | 389 | – | 28% (23.3–32.2) | – | 19% (15.2–23) | – | 4% (2.7–6.9) | – | – |
3 | Aweto, 2015 [41] | NI | 299 | – | 60% (54.6–65.6) | – | 25% (20.8–60.7) | 27% (22.4–32.4)†| 15% (11.4–19.6) | 33% (27.7–38.3) | 24% (19.3–28.9) |
4 | Bradshaw, 2011 [13] | UKc | 147 | 37% (30–45.5) | – | 29% (22.5–37.1) | – | – | 7% (4.1–13)†| – | 35% (27.5–42.7)†|
5 | Cruz, 2015 [42] | POc | 30 | 83% (66–93.1 | – | 43% (27.4–60.8) | – | – | – | – | – |
6 | Deschamps, 2014 [44] | FRc | 199 | 28% (22.4–34.8) | – | 10% (6.5–15.1) | – | 9% (5.7–13.9) | 8% (4.9–12.7)†| – | – |
7 | Douwes, 2001 [45] | NLc | 280 | – | 48% (42.1–53.7) | – | 26% (21.3–31.5) | – | 7% (4.6–10.8) | – | – |
8 | Hassan, 2015 [14] | EG | 80 | – | 13% (6.7–21.7) | – | 11% (5.8–20.2) | – | 14% (7.7–23.1) | 4% (0.8–10.9) | 10% (4.9–18.8) |
9 | Mahdavi, 2013 [46] | IR | 172 | – | 49% (42–56.8) | – | 49% (41.5–56.3) | – | 14% (9.5–20) | 41% (34.2–48.8) | 20% (15–27) |
10 | Mussi, 2008 [48] | BR | 220 | – | 49% (42.6–55.7) | – | – | – | – | – | – |
11 | O’Loughlin, 2010 [50] | AS | 238 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 44% (38–50.5) |
12 | Nordander, 2013 [49] | SEc | 78 | – | – | 33% (23.8–44.4) | 49% (38–59.6) | – | – | – | – |
13 | Tsigonia, 2009 [38] | GRc | 102 | – | 35% (26.7–45) | – | 53% (43.3–62.3) | – | – | 28% (20.6–37.9) | – |
14 | Veiersted, 2008 [7] | NOc | 188 | 32% (26.2–39.4) | 53% (45.5–59.7) | – | – | – | – | – | – |
Range (min-max in %) | 32–83% | 28–60% | 10–54% | 11–53% | 9–54% | 4–15% | 4–41% | 10–44% | |||
No of studies providing data on prevalence | n = 11 | n = 11 | n = 3 | n = 7 | n = 4 | n = 5 | |||||