introduction: work pressure and excessive workload can jeopardize and impair the people’s health. one of these impairments is musculoskeletal disorders. among these disorders, low back pain is the most common and most costly problem. the purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between workload and prevalence of low back pain in assembly line workers of a car manufacturing fact...

BACKGROUND The majority of working dentists experience some type of musculoskeletal discomfort during the course of their professional career. The prevalence and location of musculoskeletal symptoms are influenced by work habits, postures adopted by dentists while performing their professional work and socio demographic variables. OBJECTIVES The current study was carried out to find the assoc...

Occupational driving has often been associated with a high prevalence of back pain. The factors that contribute to cause the pain are diverse and might include prolonged sitting, poor postures, exposure to whole-body vibration and other non-driving factors such as heavy lifting, poor diet or other psychosocial factors. In Europe, truck drivers are likely to be considered an 'at risk' group acco...

background: musculoskeletal pain accompanied by psychological problems leads to reduced health efficiency. on the other hand, work-related anxiety and depression is another important factor that could result in reduced productivity in organizations and physical and mental problems in personnel. musculoskeletal disorders (msds) are the most common occupational health problems that have high cost...

Hospital workers are under increasing pressure to work more efficiently with fewer resources and management skills. This stressful situation can be made worse by physical discomforts in the workplace. In part for this reason, the healthcare workers are at high potential risk of physical strain that can lead to musculoskeletal disorders (MSD). Our objective is to assess the physical risk factors...

Three groups of data entry female visual display terminal (VDT) workers from Norway (n = 30), Poland (n = 33) and the USA (n = 29) were compared. Before intervention, the Norwegian group reported more neck pain compared with the Polish group. The Polish group reported less shoulder pain than both the U.S. and the Norwegian groups. The clinical examination documented fewer symptoms and signs of ...