A Review of the Relationship Between Tobacco Use and Musculoskeletal Injury,
Abstract
PURPOSE: To review the relationship between smoking and musculoskeletal injury and discuss hypotheses for the mechanism of tobacco's influence on the risk of physical injury. BACKGROUND: The role of tobacco in the morbidity and mortality from cardiovascular disease, cancer, and other disorders is well documented. Smokers have been shown to have impaired healing of wounds and fractures, as well as chronic demineralization of bone resulting in susceptibility to fractures. Recent studies have shown higher musculoskeletal injury rates among smokers in the U.S. Army. Smoking has been shown to be a significant risk factor for occupational injuries among postal workers, and for back injuries among other workers. DISCUSSION: The use of tobacco products is associated with a constellation of physiological and psychosocial factors which are capable of interacting to alter injury risk. These factors can be divided into two general categories: those that result in increased exposure to hazards and those that result in increased susceptibility to injury for any given hazard.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Mar 01, 1995
- Accession Number
- ADA307023
Entities
People
- J. R. Dettori
- K. L. Reynolds
- P. J. Amoroso
Organizations
- United States Army Research Institute of Environmental Medicine