Short communication, Note

Diseases of the locomotive system in agricultural workers

L. Krapac ; Institut za medicinska istraživanja i medicinu rada, Zagreb, Hrvatska
M. Mimica ; Institut za medicinska istraživanja i medicinu rada, Zagreb, Hrvatska

Abstract

In an epidemiological investigation of the frequency of chronic diseases among the inhabitants of Croatia a sample of population aged 48-67 years was examined in 1982. The sample included 128 agricultural workers from the mainly farming region of Virovitica and 25 agricultural workers from the island of Vis. A comparative group was formed of subjects from the same areas whose basic occupation was given as some other activity (a total number of 99 subjects from Virovitica and 62 from Vis). In the group of agricultural workers severe forms of arthrosis of the extremities (41 %) and Dupuytren's contracture (8 %) were observed more frequently than in the control groups whereas pain syndromes of the cervical and lumbar spine were less frequent (55 % : 61%). Rheumatoid arthritis was present in 4.8 % of the female agricultural workers from Virovitica and in none from the control group. Comparison with the results for 1972 shows that the Incidence of spondylarthritis was the same in agricultural and control workers whereas a great increase was recorded in the incidence of arthrosis in the control group (18 % : 2 % in agricultural workers).

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Hrčak ID:

155136

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/155136

Publication date:

10.10.1986.

Article data in other languages: croatian

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