The purpose of the paper is to identify risks and challenges for alternative forms work during online classes teaching personnel. Musculoskeletal disorders (MSD) affect body’s bones, muscles, joints, ligaments/tendons, nerves. health risk in educational sector should be taken into consideration ensure safety healthy employees, especially when require a physical inactivity prolonged sitting fron...

PURPOSE Musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs), sickness absence and premature retirement are highly prevalent among eldercare workers. We conducted a prospective observational workplace study with the main purpose to investigate longitudinal associations between physical and psychosocial working conditions and occurrence of MSD and its consequences (pain-related interference with daily work activiti...

BACKGROUND To investigate the relationship between musculoskeletal disorders and comorbid health problems, including depression/anxiety disorder, insomnia/sleep disorder, fatigue, and injury by accident, and to determine whether certain physical and psychological factors reduce comorbid health problems. METHODS In total, 29,711 employees were selected from respondents of the Third Korean Work...

BACKGROUND Exposures to occupational hazards substantially increase workers' risk of developing musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) and can exacerbate pre-existing disorders. The effects on MSD risk of the physical requirements of work performance are well recognised, but there is now ample evidence that work-related psychosocial hazards can also have substantial effects; further, some hazards may...

BACKGROUND Building on an approach applied to cardiovascular and cancer research, we estimated the economic returns from United Kingdom public- and charitable-funded musculoskeletal disease (MSD) research that arise from the net value of the improved health outcomes in the United Kingdom. METHODS To calculate the economic returns from MSD-related research in the United Kingdom, we estimated (...

Musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) are a common health problem throughout the world and a major cause of disability among the work force. Assessment of exposure level to MSD risk factors can be an appropriate base for planning and implementing interventional ergonomic programs in the workplace. This study was conducted among workers of an Iranian rubber factory with the objectives of (a) determin...

DEAR EDITOR The prevalence of musculoskeletal disorders (MSD) in Northern India alone has been reported to be as high as 59.4%. Lack of regular exercise results in the reduction of muscular strength causing them to fatigue easily. The employees’ working environment and occupation can affect muscles, tendons, ligaments, nerves and joints consequently resulting in MSD over a period of time. Natur...

BACKGROUND National initiatives to prevent and/or manage sickness absence require a database from which trends can be monitored. AIMS To evaluate the information provided by surveillance schemes and publicly available data sets on sickness absence nationally from musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs). METHODS A grey literature search was undertaken using the search engine Google, supplemented by...

BACKGROUND Mood disorders affect a significant portion of the general population. Cycling mood disorders are characterized by intermittent episodes (or events) of the disease. OBJECTIVE Using anonymized Web search logs, we identify a population of people with significant interest in mood stabilizing drugs (MSD) and seek evidence of mood swings in this population. METHODS We extracted querie...

Regenerative medicine is a field of focused on the repair or replacement damaged diseased cells, tissues, and organs through use various medical technologies. These technologies include stem cell therapy, tissue engineering, gene among others. Millions across globe are plagued with musculoskeletal disorders (MSD) ranging debilitating effects that detrimental to functionality one's life. The hea...