Table 3 Prevalence of WMSDs and Prevalence of WRULDs by Body Region

Adegoke et al. [13]

91.3%

Shoulder: 22.2%

Elbow/Forearm: 5.6%

Wrist & Hand: 20.6%

Thumb: 11.1%

Alnaser and Aljadi [14]

48%

Shoulder: 7%

Elbow/Forearm: ^a

Wrist & Hand: 20%

Thumb: ^ab

Buddhadev and Kotecha [16]

69%

Shoulder: 15%

Elbow/Forearm: 5%

Wrist & Hand: 5%

Thumb: ^ab

Campo et al. [17]

74.8%

(1-Year Prevalence of wrist, hand, and thumb WMSDs)

Shoulder: ^a

Elbow/Forearm: ^a

Wrist & Hand: 66.2%

Thumb: 52.5%

Campo et al. [18]

28%

Shoulder: 3.2%

Elbow/Forearm: 1.4%

Wrist & Hand: 5.3%

Thumb: ^ab

Chung et al. [19]

92.4%

Shoulder: 45.2%

Elbow/Forearm: 7.0%

Wrist & Hand: 33.8%

Thumb: 7.6%

Cromie et al. [5]

82.8%

Career Prevalence of 91%

Shoulder: 22.9%

Elbow/Forearm: 13.2%

Wrist & Hand: 21.8%

Thumb: 33.6%

Glover et al. [20]

68%

Career Prevalence 68%

Shoulder: 14.8%

Elbow/Forearm: 5.5%

Wrist & Hand: 12.5%

Thumb: 17.8%

McMahon et al. [21]

41%

(1-Year Prevalence of Thumb WMSDs)

Career Prevalence of 65%

Shoulder: ^a

Elbow/Forearm: ^a

Wrist & Hand: ^a

Thumb: 41%

Rossettini et al. [22]

49.3%

(1-Year Prevalence of Thumb WMSDs)

Career Prevalence of 70.8%

Shoulder: ^a

Elbow/Forearm: ^a

Wrist & Hand: ^a

Thumb: 49.3%

Rozenfeld et al. [23]

83%

Career Prevalence of 80%

Shoulder: 42.2%

Elbow/Forearm: 16%

Wrist: 35.7%

Thumb: 33.9%

West and Gardner [24]

55%

Career Prevalence of 40%

Shoulder: 10%

Elbow/Forearm: ^a

Wrist & Hand: 14%

Thumb: ^ab