Table 1.

Occupation and osteoarthritis. Some occupational activities have been associated with osteoarthritis of the main joints

Occupational hazard	Reference citations
Hip
Heavy manual work	[27, 28].
Tasks involving uncomfortable joint position	[7].
Female cleaners	[7].
Female postal workers	[29].
Male farmers	[7, 27, 29].
Builders	[7, 29].
Fire fighters and food-processing workers	[29].
Knee
Tasks involving uncomfortable joint position	[7].
Repetitive bending, kneeling, squatting	[28, 30, 31].
Carrying loads	[32].
Carpenters and miners	[33].
Female cleaners	[7, 29].
Fire fighters	[29].
Construction workers	[29, 31].
Hand and wrist
Movements repetition, such as bending and twisting	[7, 28, 34]
Work at a pace set by a machine	[7, 34]
Textile workers	[7]
Female cleaners	[7]
Technicians and assemblers	[35]
Elbow
Heavy physical work	[36]
Foundry workers	[37]