From: Occupational risk factors for meniscal lesions: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Risk | Quality of study limitations: ↓ | Indirectness of evidence: ↓ | Inconsistency: ↓ | Imprecision range confidence interval effect size > 2.0: ↓ | Publication bias yes: ↓ | Effect estimate > 2.0: ↑ > 5.0: ↑↑ | Dose-response effect: ↑ | Residual confounding: ↑ | Overall certainty (high, moderate, low) |
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Kneeling | yes ↓a | no (−) | no (−) | no (−) 1.66–2.77 | no (−)b | yes ↑ 2.14 | no (−) | no (−) | moderate |
Squatting > 1 h per day | yes ↓a | no (−) | no (−) | no (−) 1.34–3.03 | no (−) | yes ↑ 2.01 | no (−) | no (−) | moderate |
Standing or walking > 2 h per day | yes ↓a | no (−) | no (−) | no (−) 0.91–2.05 | no (−) | no (−) 1.37 | no (−) | no (−) | low |
Walking > 2 miles per day | yes ↓a | no (−) | no (−) | no (−) 0.92–1.97 | no (−) | no (−) 1.35 | no (−) | no (−) | low |
Risk of climbing > 30 flights of stairs per day | yes ↓a | no (−) | no (−) | no (−) 1.58–3.30 | no (−) | yes ↑ 2.28 | no (−) | no (−) | moderate |
Risk of lifting and carrying ≥ 10 kg | no (−)c | no (−) | no (−) | no (−) 1.35–1.96 | no (−) | no (−) 1.63 | no (−) | no (−) | moderate |
Risk of lifting and carrying ≥ 25 kg | yes ↓a | no (−) | no (−) | no (−) 1.08–2.24 | no (−) | no (−) 1.56 | no (−) | no (−) | low |
Risk of playing football | yes ↓a | no (−) | no (−) | yes ↓ 3.24–8.41 | no (−) | yes ↑↑ 5.24 | no (−) | no (−) | moderate |
Risk of mining | yes ↓a | no (−) | no (−) | yes ↓ 2.16–12.69 | no (−) | yes ↑↑ 5.23 | no (−) | no (−) | moderate |
Risk of floor layers | yes ↓a | no (−) | no (−) | no (−) 1.43–2.78 | no (−) | no (−) 1.99 | no (−) | no (−) | low |