Prevalence of Work Related Musculoskeletal Disorders Among the Iranian Working Population in Different Sectors of Indust
MSDs are one of the major causes of occupational disease in the work places and disability among the work force. A Meta analysis was used to determine the prevalence of the work-related MSDs among the Iranian working population in different occupational s
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Abstract MSDs are one of the major causes of occupational disease in the work places and disability among the work force. A Meta analysis was used to determine the prevalence of the work-related MSDs among the Iranian working population in different occupational sectors. Data were collected from 50 research papers, scientific reports that have addressed the problems on musculoskeletal symptoms for workers in industry, service and health sectors. The techniques were used to study including Nordic Musculoskeletal Questionnaire, Rapid entire body assessment (REBA), Rapid Upper Limb Assessment (RULA), PATH (Posture, Activity, Tools and Handling), Ovako Working Analysis System (OWAS), self-report and the Quick Exposure Check (QEC). Workers were with a mean age of 36.5 years with the average 16.5 years duration of employment in their jobs. Prevalence of MSDs in the target anatomical areas included Neck ranged from (20–81 %), shoulder (30–80 %), low back (30–70 %), Hand and wrist (20–60 %), Knee (40–70 %) and foot (20 %). Conclusion: The highest disorder were observed in back and knee. The epidemiological evidence on the work-relatedness of these disorders is needed thus high quality studies in cause and effect were recommended to show this association. The results likely to be useful to researchers and managers to minimise the occurrence of these disorders through prevention measure. Keywords MSDs Ergonomic
Population groups
Iranian
Industries
Ergonomics
H. Yousefi (&) E. Habibi Department of Occupational Health, School of Health, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran e-mail: yousefi@hlth.mui.ac.ir E. Habibi e-mail: [email protected] H. Tanaka Human Movement Science Laboratory, Department of Advanced Health Science, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, Tokyo, Japan e-mail: [email protected] © Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2017 R.H.M. Goossens (ed.), Advances in Social & Occupational Ergonomics, Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing 487, DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-41688-5_24
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1 Introduction Musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) are the most common occupational diseases and represent a substantial cause of morbidity worldwide. The various epidemiological and laboratory-based researches established relation of work to these disorders [1–7]. MSDs are associated with high costs to the employers, the increased health care and worker’s compensation costs. It decreases productivity at work because of lost work time and disability. MSDs are frequent causes of absenteeism in developed countries [8–10]. MSDs represent one of the leading causes of occupational injury and disability in the developed and industrially developing countries. Work related MSDs are of interest to multiple areas such as ergonomics, orthopedics and occupational health, workers, and all those involved in disease prevention [11, 12]. Nowadays, musculoskeletal diseases are among the most prevalent occupational diseases. They are one of the main reasons for absence fr
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