فهرست مطالب
International Journal of Musculoskeletal Pain prevention
Volume:5 Issue: 1, winter 2020
- تاریخ انتشار: 1399/04/22
- تعداد عناوین: 6
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Pages 280-286Aim
MusculoSkeletal Disorders (MSDs) are the most common and most costly occupational injuries and one of the main causes of work-related disability and disability among workers. The aim of this study was musculoskeletal disorders evaluation of glass factory workers using the discomfort survey questionnaire and Assessment Repetitive Tasks (ART)
methodMethod and Instruments: This study was a cross-sectional study. Data were collected by census of active workers in the two main production halls. The MSDs data among 40 workers were collected using the discomfort survey questionnaire. Four types of activity were evaluated by ART method. The study data were analyzed using SPSS 22 software.
FindingsThe results obtained from the questionnaire and evaluation of ART method were consistent. According to the results obtained from the left and right were as different levels of risk and the right to 42.17% of the average risk level, 28.14 percent and 28.14 percent of high-risk but low level of risk to low risk level and 85.42% of the left 85.42 percent average risk and 28.14% of the high - risk level is obtained.
ConclusionFor most tasks sides of the body with moderate risk level. By providing simple and low-cost solutions, as well as management of these disorders can be prevented to some extent.
Keywords: MusculoSkeletal Disorders, Discomfort Survey, Assessment Repetitive Tasks (ART) -
Pages 287-292Aim
In recent years, there has been an increasing interest in workplace health-related problems. The issue of Musculo Skeletal Disorders (MSD) has received considerable critical attention. Taking healthy posture has a pivotal role in prevention of MSD. In this study the management roles in taking proper sitting posture in workplace were assessed.
Method and IstrumentsA Semi-structured interview according to purposive sampling was conducted with a convenience sample of office workers working in Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences (SBUS). Interviews were recorded and transcribed into MAXQDA software version. Content analysis was used to establish the presence of certain themes and concepts within the text.
FindingsThis study revealed that there are four determinants as management role related to taking healthy sitting behavior among workers in workplaces. These determinants including: role modeling, setting policy, management support and manager healthy mindset.
ConclusionsThe identified factors provide organizational managers with a list of factors by which they can encourage their employees to use healthy postures in the workplace leading to significant reductions in job absenteeism and insurance fees associated with health problems.
Keywords: Healthy Sitting Posture, Office Worker, Management, Qualitative Study -
Pages 293-300Aims
Backpacks are the most popular means of carrying backpack among school going students, but long duration of backpack carrying might lead to MusculoSkeletal Disorders (MSDs) among them. The purpose of the present study was to determine if MSDs could be related to backpack carrying among school going students.
Method and InstrumentsThis cross-sectional study was carried out among 159 students selected by convenience sampling from four schools in Pars Abad city of Ardabil in Iran in Autumn 2019. A combination of two Nordic and Cornell questionnaires used to collect the data via self-reporting , an anatomical figure of musculoskeletal system was provided to mark the area of pain , and also the students’ body weight and weight of their backpack were recorded using a digital weighting scale. Data analysis was performed using SPSS-23 software by Chi-Square test and descriptive statistics.
FindingsLower back, neck, and wrist pains were the most common pains, respectively. Based on the results of Chi-square test, none of the musculoskeletal pains were significant association with transport ways vehicles to school such as walking, cycling, by car except for ankle pain (P-value <0.05). However, students who walked to school reported a higher prevalence of MSDs.
ConclusionAccording to the study’s results, there was only a significant association between “types of transport to school” with ankle pain among students who carried backpack during last 12 month. Hence, it is recommended that researchers consider other determinants of these disorders in future research.
Keywords: Musculoskeletal Diseases, School, Student -
Pages 301-309Aims
Nowadays, the prevalence of Low Back Pain (LBP) is a growing problem. The prevalence of LBP in Iran is almost as high as in other countries of the world. There are no accurate data on prevalence of LBP in Iran. Thus, the aim of this research was to estimate the prevalence of LBP and risk factors in Iran during a systematic way.
Method and InstrumentsTotally, 17 studies of internal databases including Iran Doc, Magiran, SID, Iran Medex, Medlib and external databases including Scopus, Pubmed, Science Direct, Web of Science, Embase, Cochrane, Medline through using keywords like “Iran”, “LBP”, “children,” Adolescents, “Associated Factors”, “Prevalence” were obtained.
FindingsThe prevalence and risk factors of LBP in children and adolescents were obtained from 15 articles with a sample size of 24,175. The lowest and highest prevalence of LBP in children and adolescents were 50% and 7.4%, respectively.
ConclusionGiven the high prevalence of LBP in children and adolescents and the numerous demographic, personal, physical, familial and psychological risk factors, the LBP prevent planning for this age group to prevent and promote health is strongly recommended. LBP has a special place in the community’s health education, owing to its’ prevalence andits impact on health of people during youth and adulthood period.
Keywords: Low Back Pain Prevalence, Adolescent, Related Risk Factors, Systematic Review -
Pages 310-315AIm
Chronic pain is defined as pain beyond normal tissue lasting for 12 weeks or more. It contributes to disability, anxiety, depression, sleep disturbances, poor quality of life, and healthcare costs. Although, the treatment choice for chronic pain maybe included recommendations for rest and inactivity, exercise may have specific benefits in reducing the severity of chronic pain, as well as more general benefits associated with improved overall physical and mental health, and physical functioning. Therefore, this study aimed to assess the relationship between exercise doing and musculoskeletal pain.
Methods and InstrumentsThis descriptive study was conducted among academic people working in Tarbiat Modares University from Jan to Apr 2020. The volunteer subjects were entered into this study after being informed about the aim and procedure of the study and signing the consent form. In this study, the relationship between doing exercise and musculoskeletal pain was investigated.A researcher –made questionnaire based on the objectives of the study as well as a demographic characteristics questionnaire were used to collect data. In the objective based questionnaire, the participants were asked about their exercise doing and musculoskeletal pain. The response options to the questions were as Yes or No. Finally, the data were entered into SPSS version 26 software and statistically analyzed using descriptive analysis as frequency/percent and analytical analysis as chi-square test.
FindingsTotally 93 participants with mean age of 36.15±11.42 years old including students (41.9%), employees (54.7%) and professor (3.5%) were participated in the study. Furthermore, 41.4% of the participants were men and 58.6% were women. According the results, there was a significant relationship between exercise and reduction of musculoskeletal pain (p<0.0001) Mann Whitney’s test showed that there was a significant relationship between gender and exercise activity (P value= <.001), which was higher in men than women.
ConclusionThis study showed that the participants who did exercise they were less suffering from musculoskeletal pain.
Keywords: Exercise, cChronic Musculoskeletal Pain, Relationship