Occupational demands associated with rotator cuff disease surgery in the UK Biobank.

Objectives: Physically-demanding occupations may increase rotator cuff disease (RCD) risk and need for surgery. We linked a job-exposure matrix (JEM) to the UK Biobank cohort study to measure physical occupational exposures and estimate associations with RCD surgery.

Methods: Jobs and UK Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) codes were recorded during the UK Biobank verbal interview.

Occupational characteristics associated with SARS-CoV-2 infection in the UK Biobank during August-November 2020: a cohort study.

Background: Occupational exposures may play a key role in severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection risk. We used a job-exposure matrix linked to the UK Biobank to measure occupational characteristics and estimate associations with a positive SARS-CoV-2 test.

Methods: People reporting job titles at their baseline interview in England who were < 65 years of age in 2020 were included.

Recurrent back pain during working life and exit from paid employment: a 28-year follow-up of the Whitehall II Study.

Objectives: To examine the impact of recurrent, as compared with single, reports of back pain on exit from paid employment over decades of follow-up.

Methods: The study sample was from the British Whitehall II Study cohort (n=8665, 69% men, aged 35-55 at baseline), who had provided information about their reports of back pain between 1985 and 1994. Data about exit from paid employment (health-related and non-health related exit, unemployment and other exit) were collected between 1995 and 2013.

Soft-tissue rheumatic disorders of the neck and upper limb: prevalence and risk factors.

Objectives: To review the epidemiologic literature concerning the occurrence of and the risk factors for pain and specific soft-tissue rheumatic conditions that affect the neck and upper limbs.

Methods: An extensive search of the literature, including a search of Medline and EMBASE, authoritative recent reviews, and relevant textbooks, was performed. Studies that furnished data about the occurrence of or risk factors for regional pain or specific soft-tissue entities were extracted.

Criteria for assessing pain and nonarticular soft-tissue rheumatic disorders of the neck and upper limb.

Objective: To critically review the criteria used to diagnose nonarticular soft-tissue rheumatic disorders of the neck and upper limb.

Methods: An extensive search of the literature, including a search of Medline and EMBASE, authoritative recent reviews, and relevant textbooks, was completed. The diagnostic criteria used in epidemiologic studies were compared and the reliability and validity of these criteria were assessed.