Introduction: When there is a pain requiring focused clinical attention and is associated with emotional and functional disorders, it is called pain disorder. The present study aims to study the role of selective attention, vigilance and ambivalence over emotional expressiveness for predicting pain severity in patients with chronic musculoskeletal pains. Methods: The study population included 1...

Objective: The aim of this study is to investigate the prevalence of musculoskeletal disorders of traditional Korean string instrument player playing the Gayageum, Geomungo, Ajaeng and Haegeum. Background: Many instrument players have suffered from the musculoskeletal pain of various body parts. However, there is no research on the prevalence of musculoskeletal disorders of traditional Korean s...

BACKGROUND Employees with physically heavy work have an increased risk of musculoskeletal disorders leading to reduced work ability. AIMS To investigate if a high level of musculoskeletal pain or pain-related fear of movement was associated with low productivity among employees with physically heavy work and differing work ability levels. METHODS The study was conducted at a Danish producti...

OBJECTIVES The aim of the present study was to identify prevalence of musculoskeletal system diseases and related factors among mothers of children with cerebral palsy. METHODS Eighty-five mothers of children with cerebral palsy were included as the treatment group, and 42 mothers of healthy children were included as the control group. Sociodemographic characteristics of all subjects were rec...

BACKGROUND Information technologies in occupational activities have been developing very rapid. Epidemiological studies have shown that musculoskeletal disorders are widely prevalent among employees working with a computer. The aim of this study was to evaluate the prevalence of musculoskeletal pain in various anatomical areas and its associations with individual, ergonomic, and psychosocial fa...

OBJECTIVES To investigate the association between leisure physical activity and various pain symptoms in adolescents. METHODS In this nationwide cohort based cross sectional study in Finland, 698 schoolchildren, 344 girls and 354 boys, aged 10 to 17 years responded to a questionnaire on pain symptoms (neck and shoulder pain, upper back pain, low back pain, upper limb pain, lower limb pain, he...

background: chronic low back pain (clbp) is an important occupational injury. musculoskeletal injuries, especially clbp, are prevalent in the nurses, and can lead to reduced productivity, work absenteeism, and work disability.   the purpose of this study was to determine nurses' knowledge of the risk factors of low back pain (lbp) and their self-efficacy in coping with the risk factors, an...

OBJECTIVES The aims of this study were to measure levels of sleep, stress, and depression, as well as health-related quality of life, and to assess the neurocognitive profiles in a sample of adolescents with idiopathic musculoskeletal pain. METHODS Nineteen adolescents with idiopathic musculoskeletal pain and 20 age-matched healthy control subjects were evaluated regarding their levels of sle...