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Musculoskeletal Disorders

Women at least twice as likely as men to develop upper-body disorders

Published in Women's Health Weekly, August 12th, 2004

Women are at least twice as likely as men to develop some musculoskeletal disorders of the upper body, report scientists at Ohio State University who re-analyzed data from 56 previous studies on the subject.

This new work, though it did not yield specific incidences for different disorders, gives researchers a critical baseline for comparing gender differences in the prevalence of disorders of the neck, shoulders, arms, and hands.

Until now some researchers suspected that women only appear to have a higher incidence of these disorders because they are more likely than men to admit that they are in pain and get treatment. Others thought the gender...

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