International Journal of Musculoskeletal Pain prevention
Volume:7 Issue: 4, Autumn 2022

Musculoskeletal Disorders (MSDs) and pains are one of the most common and costly types of injuries that disrupt the function of the involved tissue/tissues, and the function of the affected person. Failure to pay proper attention to pain assessment can have an adverse effect on the patient, disease process, and treatment steps. In order to properly assess pain, one should have a selective and comprehensive perspective, including history taking, disease history, attention to clinical and paraclinical findings, the use of multidimensional quantitative and qualitative structured tools (to assess pain intensity, physical, emotional and social functions), and the use of health-related Quality of Life e (QoL) measurement tools. The purpose of this article is to present a new and brief approach to evaluate of musculoskeletal pain and related cases.

Lumbar hyper-lordosis may affect the stability, disfunction of suffered people and leading to injury and postural disorders. Therefore, the aim of this study was to investigate the effects of a core stability based corrective exercise program on improving functional movement patterns in male adults with lumbar hyper_ lordosis.

Method and Materials:

 Thirty four adult male ed(age 18-25 years) with lumbar hyper-lordosis were participated in this study and randomly assigned into experimental and control groups. Lumbar lordosis was measured by flexi-curve and functional movement patterns was assessed with Functional Movement Screening (FMS) tests.

The results of this study showed significant decrease in the mean lumbar lordosis curvature Furthermore, after exercise intervention, the total FMS scores and its subsets of the experimental group were significantly improved compared to control group. According the results, the post-test measurements were improved compared to their pre-test.

It can be concluded that targeted core stability based corrective exercise program, not only can improve lumbar hyper-lordosis curvature, but it can also improve functional movement patterns.

Tightness of the hamstrings and hip flexors are two well-known disorders in people with Low Back Pain (LBP). According to the kinesiopathological model, these two disorders may have occurred before the onset of pain and may be predisposing factors for LBP. Therefore, the aim of this study was to investigate the prevalence of the tightness of these two muscles in men who were identified as prone to LBP through the Prolonged Standing Protocol (PSP).

Methods and Materials:

 This study was a descriptive comparative cross-sectional study in which the statistical population included men prone to LBP aged between 18 to 75 years. The criterion for identifying men prone to LBP was reporting at least 10 mm of pain on a 100 mm Visual Analog Scale (VAS). Thomas test was used to assess hip flexors muscles length. Straight Leg Raise (SLR) test was used to assess hamstring length.

The results of this study showed that hamstring tightness rate among men prone to LBP was 63% and hip flexor muscle tightness in this group was 35%. According to these results, hamstring tightness can be considered as a common disorder in men prone to LBP, and its identification as well as its correction in men can be one of the ways to LBP improvement.

Based on these results, it can be explained that hamstring tightness is one of the most common disorders in men prone to LBP, and its identifying and correcting in time, can prevent and improve LBP.

Farmers are one of the high-risk occupational groups in terms of Work- related MusculoSkeletal Disorders (WMSDs). Many factors such as ddemographic and physical characteristics and lifestyle are effective in incidence of these disorders in farmers. The aim of this study is to investigating the prevalence of WMSDs and related factors among this target group.

Method and Materials:

 The data of this study was extracted from The Ravansar Non-Communicable Diseases (RaNCD) cohort study that was performed on 10,000 people aged 35 to 65 years in Ravansar, Iran. Version 23 of SPSS software was used for data analysis.

The prevalence of back pain in farmers was 31. 3%, back stiffness was 17.7%, joint pain was 37.3%, joint stiffness was 12.3% and spinal disorder was 22% included lordosis (15%) and kyphosis (7.3%). There was a significant relationship between gender, age and all disorders. There was no significant relationship between marital status, sleep status, alcohol consumption, Body Mass Index (BMI), weight and height, and any of the disorders. There was no significant relationship between education level, the type of residence, smoking and drug use, type of home ownership, internet use and some of disorders but there was a significant relationship between these factors and the other disorders. 

Considering the significant prevalence of WMSDs in farmers, it is necessary to perform ergonomic interventions in the form of occupational health training programs, in order to raising farmers’ awareness and skills to prevent the disorders.