AIMS (1) To evaluate an active method of surveillance of musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs). (2) To compare different criteria for deciding whether or not a work situation could be considered at high risk of MSDs in a large, modern shoe factory. METHODS A total of 253 blue collar workers were interviewed and examined by the same physician in 1996; 191 of them were re-examined in 1997. Risk fact...

introduction: musculoskeletal disorders (msds) are most important work-related injuries and debilities in developed and developing industrial countries. in the recent years, the rate of injuries and msds in car montage industries compared with other industries was so more. therefore, the purpose of present study was focused on ergonomic assessment of sina car montage industry employees’ working...

Background: People working as supermarket cashier are at a risk of suffering musculoskeletal disorders. Those cashiers experienced occupational diseases result in forced position, such sitting for long periods time. Moreover, high prevalence Work-related Musculoskeletal Disorders has been reported among them. Objective: This literature review aims to describe previous studies and ...

OBJECTIVE This study aims to assess the exposure of those involved in street sweeping to the development of musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) and related disabilities and tries to identify the individual risk factors thereof. DESIGN A cross-sectional survey was conducted among street sweepers together with a comparison group. A modified Standardized Nordic Questionnaire was adopted to measure ...

This study investigated the prevalence of musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) and associations with organizational, physical and psychosocial working conditions among 520 nursing personnel in Tehran, Iran. The results of the cross-sectional study on aids and different educational levels of nurses showed that the participants experienced 88% of MSDs in at least one body region during the past 12 mo...

Background: Vibration as one of the harmful physical factors is relatively present in a wide range of jobs. Musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) are among the most prevailing complaints of workers encountering occupational factors for example vibration. Therefore, this study was conducted to investigate vibration and its association with the MSDs in upper limbs of heavy mine vehicles drivers. Ma...

Backgroundthe concept of status of health has been considered more aggressively , and therefore, more attention has been paid to the integration of the different aspects of health quality in health assessment ,the study aims to assess prevalence of MSDs of housewives in Delhi and Noida Method: 100 Housewives of age 25-35, primi gravida and no pregnancy at time of survey were selected . Standard...

This study aimed to examine whether different agricultural work patterns may cause MSDs in body areas and assess their severity. In previous studies, musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) have been recognized as an occupational disease workers. However, not all resulting from agriculture occur the same or similar conducted a questionnaire survey inquire about severity of among fruit farmers. A total...

Latar belakang: Musculoskeletal Disorders (MSDs) merupakan salah satu masalah kesehatan yang banyak ditemukan dan masih meningkat pada pekerja di Indonesia. Prevalensi keluhan muskuloskeletal mendapatkan hasil dimana 76,6% responden mengalami MSDs, dengan area pinggang sebagai jenis MSDs paling ditemukan. Salah penyebab adalah karena posisi kerja duduk lama. Pedagang pasar termasuk ke dalam kel...