Trabalho e saúde dos catadores de materiais recicláveis em uma cidade do sul do Brasil.

Abstract

Aiming to collect information on knee pain and associated occupational factors among workers, a systematic review was conducted using Medline, Lilacs, Scielo, Free Medical Journals databases, from 1990 to 2006. Keywords were: knee, knee pain, knee joint, knee dislocation, knee injuries, work, workplace, workload, employment, occupations, industry, occupational, workers, arthrosis and osteoarthritis. Equivalent terms in Portuguese and Spanish were also used. From the initial 2263 studies gathered, only 26 met the inclusion criteria of the review. Knee pain prevalence in the last 12 months ranged from 11.2% to 60.9%. Main associated factors were: female, older ages, high body mass index, kneeling working position and lifting at work.