abdominal wall hernia is common but reliable scientific data about its work relatedness is very limited and inconsistent. in this paper, a less common type of abdominal wall hernia in a 30 year old male worker is presented with recurrence after first surgery when he returned to work. in contrast with almost all kinds of hernia, a lifelong limitation for heavy lifting was recommended. it seems t...

The American Medical Association’s Guides to the Evaluation of Disease and Injury Causation (Causation)1 is an important component of the AMA Guides library. This text delineates a type of evaluation that is distinctly different from a diagnostic evaluation, a treatment planning evaluation, a prognosis evaluation, or an impairment evaluation. It provides a protocol for determining whether a cli...

Abdominal wall hernia is common but reliable scientific data about its work relatedness is very limited and inconsistent. In this paper, a less common type of abdominal wall hernia in a 30 year old male worker is presented with recurrence after first surgery when he returned to work. In contrast with almost all kinds of hernia, a lifelong limitation for heavy lifting was recommended. It seems t...

Lateral epicondylitis is one of the most common upper-limb usculoskeletal disorders in general practice [1] and in working opulation [2] with an estimated incidence ranging from 0.3–1.1 er 100 person-years [3]. Its description by Runge in 1873 and ajor in 1883 as “Lawn-tennis elbow” was due to its association ith the biomechanical injuries in this sport [4]. Recent systemtic reviews concluded t...