Apple farmers demonstrate a higher prevalence of rotator cuff tears: magnetic resonance imaging-based cross-sectional cohort study in a rural Japanese population
The prevalence of RCTs increased with age. Affected participants showed worse shoulder function than those without RCTs. Full-time farmers showed a higher odds ratio of RCTs compared to non-apple farmers. This indicates that frequent participation in fruit tree farming is associated with the development of full-thickness RCTs.
Authors
- Tatsuya Mikami (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6657-6446)
- Ryo Tomita
- Eiji Sasaki (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4859-8473)
- Yasuyuki Ishibashi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2180-7922)
- Daisuke Chiba (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7947-2091)
- Takahiro Tsushima (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7093-2167)
- Eitaro Sato
Institutions
- Hirosaki University (JP)
Publication Details
- Journal
- JSES International
- Published
- 2025-05-14
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jseint.2025.04.014
- Primary Topic
- Shoulder Injury and Treatment
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00