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To the Editor: Annually, from late July through early September, thousands of seasonal workers harvest wild blueberries in Maine and the eastern provinces of Canada. Maine's crop in 1993 was approximately 30 million kg¹. The harvesting is done mostly by manual raking through the low-lying bushes (height, <25 cm). In response to reports of tendinitis among blueberry rakers, we conducted a survey in August 1993, consisting of a questionnaire about symptoms, physical examinations of the hands and wrists, and an ergonomic assessment of raking.

The participants in the study were 134 rakers who volunteered on site; 73 percent were . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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