Introduction and Aim: Fish processing industries have been showing tremendous growth in recent years. Various modern technologies equipment are incorporated the fish plants. Some of tasks plants yet involve manual handling. Prolong working wet environment awkward confined posture leads to development musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs). The current study aimed at evaluating prevalence work-related...

background: plasterers are at risk of musculoskeletal disorders (msds) due to the nature of their occupation and ergonomic factors. the purpose of this study was to evaluate the biomechanical risk factors for msds among plasterers. materials and methods: in this descriptive study, 70 plasterers from neyshabur, iran, were studied in 2014. the nordic musculoskeletal questionnaire (nmq) was used t...

conclusions significant association of work experience and age with musculoskeletal disorders shows that individual’s education and knowledge improvements with regard to ergonomics risk factors and correction of work postures are very important and ought to follow management and technical practices in the organization. results the mean and standard deviation of participants’ age was 35.4 ± 6.7 ...

Introduction: Musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) are common in men and women of all ages sociodemographic strata society. Pain functional limitations caused by MSDs severely limit independence quality life interfere with an individual’s ability to participate family social work. The aim this study is investigate the effects Kinesio Tape (KT) technique on pain intensity patients upper and/or lower...

Kegiatan pengangkutan galon air mineral di AQUA Home Service Cilegon masih dilakukan secara manual tanpa menggunakan alat bantu. Pada saat pekerja menangani galon-galon air, terdapat postur kerja yang berisiko. Hal ini menyebabkan beberapa mengalami keluhan Musculoskeletal Disorders (MSDs). Adapun tujuan dari penelitian yaitu mengidentifikasi pre­va­lensi MSDs, mengetahui tingkat risiko kerja, ...

Musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) are the most significant work-related health conditions that experienced by agricultural workers. This cross-sectional study has investigated MSDs among agriculturalists in upper northeastern Thailand. We assessed types of MSDs, their severity, and frequency. There were 889 cultivating from four provinces who participated this study. The majority participants re...

background : drivers are vulnerable to musculoskeletal and psychological disorders because of substantially harmful agents in this stressful occupation. this study aims to investigate the influence of driver’s physical and psychological health on the risk of road accidents using fuzzy logic approach. methods : two input variables including musculoskeletal disorders (msds) and mental health, alo...

Background. Work-related musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) are a group of painful disorders of muscles, tendons, and nerves, such as neck and shoulder MSD. This study was designed to use miniscalpel-needle (MSN) technique as an intervention for work-related MSDs. Methods. Thirty-one patients with work-related MSDs and 28 healthy subjects were enrolled as controls in this study. The MSD symptoms ...

OBJECTIVES This study was to determine the prevalence and work-related risk factors of neck-upper extremity musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) among video display terminal (VDT) users. METHODS A comparative cross-sectional study was conducted; there were 60 VDT users and 35 controls. The participants filled in a structured questionnaire, had electrophysiological tests and an X-ray of the neck. ...