the musculoskeletal disorders cover a large percent of occupational diseases; therefore, in order to protect workers from such disorders, there is a need to evaluate workers positions at work in different industries. in a major furniture manufacture located in tehran, 500 workers were examined. these workers were divided into fourteen working groups, including production lines of water-heater, ...

AIM To assess the incidence and risk factors for neck and shoulder pain in nurses. METHODS A longitudinal study of neck and shoulder pain was carried out in female nurses at two hospitals in England. Personal and occupational risk factors were assessed at baseline. The self reported incidence of symptoms in the neck and shoulder region was ascertained at three-monthly intervals over two years...

N eck pain in children is not an uncommon presenting complaint in a paediatric accident and emergency department. Sheffield has a population of approximately 97 000 children of whom 33 874 attended the accident and emergency department at the children’s hospital in a one year period from 1998 to 1999. Of these, about 817 had pain in the neck region as part of their presenting complaint. Neck pa...

Neck pain is a common condition with high prevalence worldwide. associated significant levels of disability and widely considered an important public health problem. defined as perceived between the superior nuchal line spinous process first thoracic vertebra. In some types neck conditions, can be referred to head, trunk upper limbs. This article aims provide overview available evidence on prev...

BACKGROUND No previous research has been performed into neck pain among forklift operators. This is a common complaint among these workers, who number around 150,000 in Sweden and six million in Europe. The aim of the study was to examine long-term exposure to unnatural neck positions among forklift operators as a risk factor for neck pain. METHODS A retrospective cohort study was conducted o...

BACKGROUND Persisting neck pain is common in society. It has been reported that the prevalence of neck pain in office workers is much higher than in the general population. The costs to the worker, employer and society associated with work-related neck pain are known to be considerable and are escalating. The factors that place office workers at greater risk of developing neck pain are not unde...

OBJECTIVE Fighter pilots frequently report neck pain and injury, and although risk factors have been suggested, the relationships between risk factors and neck pain have not been quantified. The aim of this study was to identify personal and work behaviors that are significantly associated with neck pain in fighter pilots. METHODS Eighty-two Royal Australian Air Force fighter pilots were surv...

A reported 6-month prevalence of 54% makes neck pain a common disorder among the adult population1. In fact, in any given month 10% of the population will experience pain in the cervical area1. Patients with neck pain are regularly encountered in outpatient orthopaedic physical therapy (PT) clinics2. In some cases, cervical radiculopathy, which has been defined as motor and/or sensory changes i...

STUDY DESIGN A randomized controlled trial with single-blind outcome assessments. OBJECTIVE To evaluate the efficacy of a neck exercise program in patients with chronic neck pain. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA The effect of exercise for patients with chronic neck pain has been investigated in a number of studies. The efficacy is, however, questionable. METHODS A total of 145 patients were ra...

Objective: To determine the impact of Kendall versus Gong's intervention according to pain sensation, range of movement, function, strength, and posture in cases with text neck syndrome Methods: This randomized clinical trial recruited a sample of 24 patients with text neck syndrome from Fatima Hospital, Sargodha, Pakistan from January to April 2021. The samples were randomly divided into 2 gr...