This review targeted all research previously conducted on the topic of musculoskeletal disorders and injury among physiotherapists, with a particular focus on studies that had examined individual, physical and psychosocial risk factors and provided suggestions or recommendations to prevent such injuries. Scientific literature published in English languages was searched using electronic way. A t...

This paper focuses on reducing the occupational risks while assembling a multistage pump. A sample of 10 employees who assemble the multistage pump from an Indian semiautomatic pump manufacturing industry was studied. Awkward postures manifested in these tasks cause strain in the employee's body which lead to fatigue, injuries and musculoskeletal disorders. These tasks were evaluated on th...

Worker posture, task time and performance are often affected when one-handed manual dexterous tasks performed in small overhead spaces under an obscured view. A common method used for supplementing visual feedback these cases is a hand-held telescopic mirror, but that involves working with both arms extended overhead, accompanied by awkward neck shoulder postures. video camera was considered as...

Previous studies indicate that oper­ ators of heavy construction equipment are aff icted by musculoskeletal injuries of the arms, shoulders, neck, and lower back. These injuries appear to be due to excessive periods of sitting (static posture), work intensity, whole-body vi­ bration, high resistance levers, repetitive motions, and awkward postures.2 5) Al­ though numerous studies have shown an ...

The most common cause of disability in the world is visual impairment. It a condition that impairs vision and may not be improved by corrective lenses. key factor for impairment near vision. Nearly 10–21% people report having neck pain at work, which contributes to forward head position pain. Objective: This study examined relationship between pain-related complaints brought on awkward or bad p...

The study, carried out at the Batch Annealing Furnace (BAF) shop of Cold Rolling Mill (CRM) at an integrated steel plant of India, concerns ergonomic evaluation and redesign of a manually-operated Electrical Overhead Travelling (EOT) crane cabin. The crane cabin is a complex worksystem consisting of the crane operator and twelve specific machine components embedded in a closed workspace. A cran...

In South Korea, the automobile sector is a key industry that occupies very large proportion of production, employment, and exports in national economy. However, production workers are still exposed to wide range risk factors. This study aims investigate relationships between personal characteristics or occupational hazard exposure subjective overall fatigue musculoskeletal pains manufacturing i...

In Malaysia, studies have shown that low employee performance occurs due to accidents, health problems and stress at work. This situation affects the of organization, reduces quality work, increases cost workers' compensation ultimately interferes with development organization growth national economy. study aims examine level awareness ergonomic risk factors occupational safety performance. A t...