This study investigated musculoskeletal symptoms among sanitation workers of a fish-processing factory. The methods used included administration of a questionnaire, walk through observation, interview, task analysis and future workshop. All 27 male participants answered and submitted their questionnaires. Of the 11 operations identified, all except one was considered safe. Bent back, bent legs,...

Musculoskeletal complaints or MSDs are common in the bakery industry. Observations and analyses of work posture among bakers crucial to determine most practical solution MSD subjective complaints. This study aims analyze impact on musculoskeletal events industry workers. research is quantitative with a cross-sectional approach. recruited 52 bakers. Work data was obtained by utilizing Rapid Enti...

This paper is concernedwith generalized joint laxity occurring as an isolated finding in otherwise normal subjects. We have used the name "Hypermobility Syndrome" for the situation in which this joint laxity is associated with musculoskeletal complaints. The range of joint motion varies considerably between individuals and with age, race, and body build. Where the joints are unduly lax and the ...

OBJECTIVE The aim of the study was to document the response of patients to multiple impulse therapy for a variety of musculoskeletal complaints encountered in clinical practice. METHODS A single practitioner in a private clinic setting provided the therapy to 249 patients. Survival analysis was used to plot probability of pain vs the days required for symptom resolution for each of 8 patient ...

Patients (n=997) visiting general practitioners in an area in Western Norway completed a battery of questionnaires related to subjective health complaints and fatigue. An additional 78 patients were referred directly to the hospital for neurasthenia. After screening the questionnaires and interviews with a selected sample, a total of 73 patients were finally accepted as 'neurasthenia' patients ...

Results The study group comprised 317 FMF patients (170 females, 147 males) with a mean age of 12.2 ± 5.7 years. The frequency of musculoskeletal complaints were as follows; arthritis 18%, arthralgia 43%, leg pain 43%, heel pain 36%, myalgia 8%, protracted arthritis 2%, protracted febrile myalgia 2%. Leg pain and heel pain were more frequently detected in patients with homozygous M694V (p<0.05)...

OBJECTIVES 1) To determine the number of primary care clinic visits attributable to musculoskeletal pain (MSP) in children >/=3 and <15 years of age. 2) To describe the demographic characteristics of this population assessed for limb/back pain. 3) To characterize the etiology of musculoskeletal pain in an urban general pediatric clinic in Madrid, Spain. METHODS Prospective evaluation of 1000 ...

T his paper proposes a numerical method for comparing the results of trials of musculoskeletal therapy as an alternative to ranking literature by experts in the field. The method is based on the observation that the course of recovery of patients with musculoskeletal complaints can be approximated by an exponential function. It is estimated that 30 techniques of manipulation are currently taugh...

BACKGROUND Musculoskeletal complaints are probably the most frequent reasons for visiting a doctor. They comprise more than a quarter of the complaints to primary practitioners and are also the most common reason for referral to secondary or tertiary medicine. The clinicians most frequently consulted on musculoskeletal problems, and probably perceived to know most on the topic are orthopaedic s...

Shoulder pain is one of the most common musculoskeletal complaints in clinical practice. Ultrasonography a useful method for diagnosis various shoulder diseases and injuries. This article presents ultrasonographic features conditions, including those affecting rotator cuff, long head biceps, subacromial-subdeltoid bursa, glenohumeral acromioclavicular joints.