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Workplace OA intervention should focus on kneeling and lifting

Occupational strategies aimed at tackling the progression of osteoarthritis in workers' knees should focus on the reduction of kneeling activities and heavy lifting.

According to new research published in the journal Arthritis Research & Therapy, other risk factors - such as obesity and the use of ladders - should not be neglected when it comes to protecting employees' joints.

The researchers behind the knee osteoarthritis risk factors study claimed that "more intervention studies of the effectiveness of tools and working methods for reducing knee straining activities are needed".

They added: "The results support a dose-response relationship between kneeling/squatting and symptomatic knee OA in men and, for the first time, in women."

According to a recent article in the Observer, people who have had knee problems during their youth are three times as likely to suffer from osteoarthritis when they get older - something that could benefit from extra consideration by employers.

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