BACKGROUND Epidemiologically-based rheumatology healthcare needs assessment requires an understanding of the incidence and prevalence of musculoskeletal disorders in the community, of the reasons why people consult in primary care, and of the proportion of people who would benefit from referral to secondary care and paramedical services. This paper reports the first phase of such a needs assess...

[Purpose] The purpose of this study was to examine the musculoskeletal pain of care workers and investigate its effect on their job satisfaction. [Subjects and Methods] Subjects were 87 care workers working at C elderly care service center in P region. The average age of men was 62.5 ± 3.4 years and that of women was 57.3 ± 2.7 years. The 'Guidelines for Risk Factor Survey on Tasks with Musculo...

The objective of this study was to find out the prevalence, characteristics, and distribution of musculoskeletal pain among construction workers in Saudi Arabia. A questionnaire about musculoskeletal pain in different parts of the body was completed by 165 construction workers from the construction industries in Dammam and Riyadh cities. The descriptive data were analyzed using chi-square test....

Chronic musculoskeletal pain is a complex disorder that often causes physical and psychological symptoms. While acute pain promotes healing of damaged tissue, chronic pain is caused by long-term maladaptive changes that result in hyperexcitability of pain-signaling neurons. Potassium channels have recently been implicated in pain syndromes because they largely determine the characteristics for ...

BACKGROUND The influence of work-related fear-avoidance on pain and function has been consistently reported for patients with musculoskeletal low back pain. Emerging evidence suggests similar influences exist for other anatomical locations of musculoskeletal pain, such as the cervical spine and extremities. However, research is limited in comparing work-related fear-avoidance and associations w...

BACKGROUND The objective of this study was to report on the prevalence of musculoskeletal pain in lobstermen in the northeast USA. METHODS Crews were randomly selected from those licensed to fish in Maine and Massachusetts and followed prospectively. The survey used a Nordic Musculoskeletal Questionnaire format to characterize musculoskeletal disorders. RESULTS A total of 395 individuals pa...

474 Almost all women will experience pain during pregnancy. Common musculoskeletal conditions can cause severe pain in an otherwise uncomplicated pregnancy. Some women will enter pregnancy with preexisting painful disorders, and management of the ongoing pain and painful exacerbations can be challenging. This chapter reviews the common painful musculoskeletal conditions of pregnancy and an appr...

Results One hundred and twenty retired jockeys returned questionnaires; 90% had experienced a musculoskeletal injury. Mean total pain at rest was 11. There is a significantly greater total score for pain with movement (13; p < 0.05). Pain in the lower back was most common. Eighty percent of respondents believed the pain they experience now is as a result of the injuries they sustained during th...