The high prevalence rate of low back pain (LBP) among healthcare professionals causes frequent hospitalisation, work absenteeism, and early retirement. Healthcare providers’ beliefs about LBP are essential in the recovery process patients suffering from LBP. This study was aimed to investigate incidence students their on association between physical function. A cross-sectional used collect onli...

Spaceborne radars provide great opportunities to investigate the vertical structure of clouds and precipitation. Two typical spaceborne radars for such a study are the W-band Cloud Profiling Radar (CPR) and Ku-band Precipitation Radar (PR), which are onboard NASA's CloudSat and TRMM satellites, respectively. Compared to S-band ground-based radars, they have distinct scattering characteristics f...

OBJECTIVE To estimate the prevalence and extent of MSDs among a sample of freshmen in a nursing college in Ghana. METHODS A semi-structured self-reported questionnaire including the Nordic Musculoskeletal Questionnaire (NMQ) was used to collect information on age, gender and musculoskeletal complaints among a random sample of 200 students at a nursing and midwifery college in the Eastern regi...

Grande parte das atividades executadas pelos policiais militares no exercício de sua função tem potencial expô-los a riscos ergonômicos, danos pessoais e lesões ocupacionais. Além estarem expostos uma demanda física desproporcional, os também se encontram sujeitos tensões que ameaçam seu bem estar psicológico. Esta pesquisa objetiva analisar o espaço trabalho dos Policiais Militares em um batal...

Objetivo: Esta pesquisa teve como objetivo investigar o conhecimento e a utilização de conceitos ergonômicos aplicados à Odontologia por discentes docentes nas clínicas-escola uma faculdade Odontologia.Métodos: Esse estudo investigou universo matriculados em disciplinas clínicas (n=70) respectivos (n=23) do curso respeito dos princípios utilizados na rotina clínica. Paralelamente foi pesquisada...

Background and Objectives: Weaving is the second biggest source of income after agriculture remainsimportant to India’s economy with roughly 4.3 million people involved, which 61% are from North-EastIndia. Arunachal Pradesh, one North-East states has its own unique method weaving where itdemands long sitting without back support for hours that can develop Musculoskeletal Disorders (MSD).Thus, s...

OBJECTIVE To determine the association between postpartum depression (PPD), intensification of back pain and exacerbation of changes in postural alignment intrinsic to puerperium. METHODS Eighty women at 2 to 30 weeks postpartum were included in the study according to the following criteria: literate mothers, gestation of 34 to 42 weeks, and healthy live-born infants. All mothers agreed to pa...

Nowadays the construction industry is growing specially among developing counties. Iran also has a critical role in these industries in terms of workers disorders. Work-related musculoskeletal disorders (WMSDs) assign 7% of the whole diseases in the society, which make some limitations. One of the main factors, which are ended to WMSDs, is awkward posture. Steel bar bending is considered as one...