Prescribed diseases review from IIAC

The Industrial Injuries Advisory Council (IIAC) has published a report on Work-related Upper Limb Disorders (WRULD). The report investigated prescription of cramp of the hand or forearm, prescribed disease (PD A4); beat hand (PD A5); beat elbow (PD A7); traumatic inflammation of the tendons of the hand or forearm, or of the associated tendon sheaths (PD A8); carpal tunnel syndrome (PD A12) and epicondylitis, shoulder tendonitis and fibromyalgia. Beat knee (PD A6) was also investigated as part of the review of the prescribed beat conditions.