background: musculoskeletal disorders (msds) are one of the most common causes of occupational injuries that appear in the lower back, neck and upper and lower extremities mainly. this study was conducted to assess the risk of msds and determine of its associated factors in workers of a dairy products company. methods: in this cross-sectional study, 100 male employees (21-41yrs) using census sa...

INTRODUCTION To describe musculoskeletal symptoms, skin disorders and visual impairment among fishermen in the Divisional Secretariat Division of Kalpitiya. METHODS This was a community based descriptive cross sectional study conducted from August to October 2011. The sample consisted of 465 fishermen with ≥ 6 months experience in fishing selected using the cluster sampling technique. An inte...

BACKGROUND Arthritis is a gendered disease where women have a higher prevalence and more disability than men with arthritis of the same age. Health survey data is a major source of information for monitoring of the burden of arthritis. The validity of self-reported arthritis and the determinants of its accuracy among women have not been thoroughly studied. The objectives of this study were to: ...

OBJECTIVES To analyse the association between symptoms from the musculoskeletal system and many psychosocial and other physical stressors in the job demand-control-support model. Also to analyse the influence of personality characteristics. METHODS 1306 salespeople answered a self administered questionnaire on job characteristics, exposures, personality characteristics, social network, smokin...

BACKGROUND In patients with pain in the back, chest or abdomen, it may be difficult to differentiate nonmusculoskeletal causes from musculoskeletal causes. OBJECTIVE This article discusses the mechanisms of musculoskeletal referred pain and the key clinical features that help the practitioner differentiate such pain from nonmusculoskeletal pain, thereby informing appropriate management. DIS...