Anyone for teno?
1987; BMJ; Volume: 44; Issue: 12 Linguagem: Inglês
10.1136/oem.44.12.793
ISSN1470-7926
Autores ResumoEditorial Anyone for teno?Musculoskeletal disorders account for an enormous amount of time lost from work by comparison with which that lost from strikes seems almost insignificant.And of all the musculoskeletal disorders, tenosynovitis of the hand and forearm is what one might call a "loss-leader."Indeed, it is now the second commonest prescribed industrial disease in Britain, the most common being dermatitis.So grave does this state of affairs appear to those on the shop floor that one ofthe largest of the trade unions, the General, Municipal, Boilermakers, and Allied Trades Union, has recently issued a booklet to its members in which the condition is described as an intractable problem that causes long term pain and disability.'In this respect, the union is following the lead of its Australian counterparts since, in Australia, the disease has in recent years had all the appearances of an epidemic.2As is common in medicine, "new" conditions are often old ones that have been forgotten over the years and tenosynovitis is no exception.It was described before the second world war3 and over 35 years ago, Thompson and his colleagues at the Vauxhall Motors Plant described the high incidence in workers engaged in repetitive work in the building of motor cars and trucks.4
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