Evidence for and against an increased risk of meniscus damage and osteoarthritis of the knee in miners and analogous trades
| Meniscus injury risk increased* | Knee OA risk increased* | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| *+ weak evidence; + + moderate evidence; + + + strong evidence. | |||||
| Study period | Yes | No | Yes | No | |
| Lawrence & Aitken-Swan40 | 1945–49 | + + + | |||
| Kellgren & Lawrence41 | Not specified | + + | |||
| Lawrence42 | Not specified | + + | |||
| Atkins14 | 1953 | + + + | |||
| Sharrard & Liddell11 | 1958–60 | + + | |||
| Lindberg & Montgomery43 | Not specified | + + | |||
| Anderson & Felson27 | 1971–75 | + + | |||
| Felson et al44 | 1983–85 | + + + | |||
| Vingård et al45 | 1980 | + | |||
| Kivimäki et al46 | Not specified | + + + | + + + | ||
| Cooper et al33 | Not specified | + + | |||
| Cooper et al48 | Not specified | + + + | |||
| Sahlström & Montgomery49 | 1982–86 | + + | + + | ||
| Jensen et al47 | Not specified | + + | |||
| O’Reilly et al50 | Not specified | + + | |||
| Sandmark et al51 | 1991–93 | + + + | |||
| Coggon et al52 | Not specified | + + + | |||
| Miranda et al17 | 1994–95 | + | |||
| Manninen et al53 | 1992–93 | + + | |||