BACKGROUND School teachers represent an occupational group among which there appears to be a high prevalence of neck and/or shoulder pain (NSP) and low back pain (LBP). Epidemiological data on NSP and LBP in Chinese teachers are limited. The aim of this study was to investigate the prevalence of and risk factors for NSP and LBP among primary, secondary and high school teachers. METHODS In a c...

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...

Occupational health is a part of public or applications in working society and community the workplace environment, which aims to improve work productivity highest degree health. Low back pain Back Pain that felt lower region, between corners lowest ribs sacrum. The conditions shrimp fishermen Belawan Sicanang Medan who can cause are focus this study. This research use cross sectional method Ra...

Plastic surgeons report amongst the highest prevalence of chronic musculoskeletal pain and fatigue in surgeons, which impacts daily life and career longevity.1 Hospital acquired occupational injuries are common, leading to some of the highest economic burdens in the industry. Poor postural awareness and ergonomic set up in the operating room represent the underlying culprit in the majority of s...

OBJECTIVE To investigate variations in quality of life at older ages, we take a life course perspective to analyse long-term effects of physical working conditions upon quality of life after retirement. In doing so, we study to what extent these associations are explained by individuals' health at older ages. METHOD We use administrative data and self-administered questionnaire responses from...

This article discusses the implementation of ergonomics in a service unit of a major company in the energy sector. From the perspective of management, it analyses the process of implementation of ergonomics programmes in four operational areas. The objective was to diagnose the level of implementation of ergonomics. The study is descriptive, undertaken through the interaction with the technical...

With the increasing of computer capabilities, Computer aided ergonomics (CAE) offers new possibilities to integrate conventional ergonomic knowledge and to develop new methods into the work design process. As mentioned in [1], different approaches have been developed to enhance the efficiency of the ergonomic evaluation. Ergonomic expert systems, ergonomic oriented information systems, numerica...

introduction: musculoskeletal disorders are the major causes of occupational diseases in the work places and they are the most important cause of disability and absenteeism. for the prevention of these disorders and improvement of working, it is necessary to use ergonomics assessment techniques. this study aimed to assess ergonomic risk factors for musculoskeletal disorders in construction work...

The main objective of this research was to investigate ergonomics, occupational health and safety problems of an oil industry in a developing country. Fifty-six industrial unit managers participated in the study. Forty-eight percent of the managers received worker complaints of back pain, 36% of fatigue, 32% of upper-body pain, 48% of stress and 46% of dissatisfaction. Fifty-seven percent of th...

This study investigates the efficacy of McKenzie‘s exercise protocol, Ergonomic recommendations or a combination of both with a control group in reducing low back pain due to job related stress amongst dentists. Forty subjects between the age group of 22 to 29 years were selected for this study. They were randomly allotted into three study groups and one control group, each consisting of ten su...