Musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) are an important health problem among healthcare workers, including clinical laboratory ones. The aim of the present study was to investigate the prevalence of MSDs and individual and psychosocial risk factors among clinical laboratory workers. A cross-sectional study was carried out among 156 workers of 30 clinical laboratories in 3 towns of Iran. The Nordic qu...

Work-related musculoskeletal pain is common among healthcare professionals, including dentists. This cross-sectional study was conducted to determine the prevalence of work-related musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) among dentists. This study was carried out from January to April 2016 at various teaching hospitals of Karachi, and comprised 230 dentists. A self-administered questionnaire, adapted ...

background: musculoskeletal pain accompanied by psychological problems leads to reduced health efficiency. on the other hand, work-related anxiety and depression is another important factor that could result in reduced productivity in organizations and physical and mental problems in personnel. musculoskeletal disorders (msds) are the most common occupational health problems that have high cost...

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...

This study discussed musculoskeletal risk analysis related to ergonomics, occupational safety, and health in agriculture the Karawang district. Musculoskeletal Disorders (MSDs) are diseases that cause pain joints. The working position of rice farmers, especially during planting seeds harvesting rice, is not suitable for ergonomics. aims identify MSDs experienced by farmers Karang Tanjung villag...

musculoskeletal disorders (msds) are important causes of work incapacity and loss of work days. msds are major problems in almost all countries and increasingly can be found in service industries such as maritime sector. this study aimed at evaluation of msds symptoms among crew of tugboats, dredgers, pilot boats and barges by using nordic musculoskeletal questionnaire (nmq) and also determinat...

background: the study aims at clarifying prevalence of work-related musculoskeletal disorders (wmsds) among steel mak­ing workers and employees as well as associated lost work days. methods: a detailed questionnaire based on nordic ergonomic questionnaire describing work history, ergonomic condi­tions at work, sign and symptoms of musculoskeletal system with in previous12 months was applied to ...

BACKGROUND Dentists are susceptible to Musculoskeletal Disorders (MSDs) due to prolonged static postures. To prevent MSDs, working postures of dental students should be assessed and corrected in early career life. OBJECTIVE This study estimated the risk of developing musculoskeletal disorders in dental students using Rapid Upper Limb Assessment (RULA) tool. METHODS A number of 103 undergrad...