Margit Kooijman

96 Orthopaedic clinic acute or gradual onset, minor trauma or spontaneous onset, duration of symptoms at baseline, treatment, response to treatment, bilateral involvement, associated medical problems Solomon et al. (2001) 50 63 patients 12 months Multivariate associations: Improvement pain / Improvement function Acute shoulder pain Hospital Shoulder Pain and Disability Index Referred β = -2.4, p = 0.02 / β = -1.4, p = 0:17 Worse baseline pain, per point β = -4.2, p < 0.001 / Not in the model Worse baseline function per point Not in the model / β = -4.9, p < 0.001 Older age per year β = 1.2, p = 0.24 / β = -0.8, p = 0.46 Female β = 1.4, p = 0:2 / β = 1.3, p = 0.20 More education, per year β = 3.3, p = 0:0019 / β = 2.1, p = 0.047 Longer pain duration per month β = -2.2, p = 0:038 / β = -1.2, p = 0.24 Osteoarthritis β = 2.3, p = 0:026 / β = 1.0, p = 0.34 Rotator cuff tear β = -1.4, p = 0:026 / β = 1.1, p = 0.26 Occupational/general Cassou et al. (2002) 83 1804 patients 5 years Year of birth (ref = 1953) Multivariate analysis: Men / Women Chronic neck-shoulder pain Occupational physicians’ files % Disappearance of pain 1948 OR = 1.5 (0.9, 2.5) / OR = 0.8 (0.5, 1.2) 1945 OR = 1.2 (0.8, 1.9) / OR = 0.6 (0.4, 0.8) 1938 OR = 1.0 (0.6, 1.5) / OR = 0.6 (0.4, 0.9) Repetitive work (ref = never) In 1990 Univariate only / OR = 0.8 (0.5, 1.3) Before 1990 Univariate only / OR = 0.5 (0.3, 0.7) High job demand OR = 0.7 (0.5, 0.9) / OR = 0.7 (0.6, 0.9) Previous musculoskeletal disorders OR = 0.4 (0.3, 0.6) / OR = 0.6 (0.5, 0.8) Sporting activities OR = 1.5 (1.1, 2.1) / Univariate only Precise movements, awkward work, repetitive work, job control, shift work n.s. / n.s. Chard et al. (1988) 61 137 19 months Univariate analysis Fotator cuff tendinitis Shoulder clinic Shoulder pain resolved Precipitating cause: Unknown RR = 1.0 Injury RR = 0.76 (0.40, 1.42) Employment RR = 0.63 (0.29, 1.40) Precipitating Cause Overuse/strain RR = 1.30 (0.82, 2.06)