The effect of disease site (knee, hip, hand, foot, lower back or neck) on employment reduction due to osteoarthritis.

Osteoarthritis (OA) has a significant impact on individuals' ability to work. Our goal was to investigate the effects of the site of OA (knee, hip, hand, foot, lower back or neck) on employment reduction due to OA (EROA).This study involved a random sample of 6,000 patients with OA selected fro...

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Main Authors: Eric C Sayre, Linda C Li, Jacek A Kopec, John M Esdaile, Sherry Bar, Jolanda Cibere
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2010-05-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2862713?pdf=render