Low back pain and other work-related musculoskeletal problems among physiotherapists

Rugelj, Darja

doi:10.1016/s0003-6870(03)00059-0

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“…To our knowledge, this is the 1st study of this kind to be done in India. Our findings are similar to other such studies done in different parts of the world like Kuwait [13], Great Britain [12], Canada, USA [7,14,19], Slovenia [8] and Turkey [9] reporting PT to be a high risk profession for developing work-related musculoskeletal disorders, especially the LBP. In the USA, the highest prevalence of work-related musculoskeletal disorder was in low back, which is the case with 45% [19].…”

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confidence: 91%

“…With regard to the work experience (WE), 29 (39%) had the WE of more than 5 years, 29 (39%) had the WE from 29% to 68% in different countries [5,[7][8][9], some of them even claiming that the LBP is among the most prevalent form of the WRMD among them [10]. According to another study, the PTs rank second after nurses with regard to the work-related LBP among all health workers [11] due to the fact that PTs have to repeatedly overload their spines.…”

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Prevalence of work-related musculoskeletal disorders among physical therapists

Iqbal¹,

Alghadir²

2015

Med Pr

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Background: Health professions like dentistry, nursing and physical therapy have been reported at high risk for developing workrelated musculoskeletal disorders. Results of studies conducted in these occupational groups may help formulate prevention strategies. However, no such data among physical therapists has been reported in India. Material and Methods: We conducted an online survey among 100 physiotherapists in Delhi. Results: The response rate was 75%. The prevalence of work-related musculoskeletal disorders is found to be high since 92% of them reported to feel some pain after joining physical therapy which affects daily activities and even sometimes forces them to change their work. Physical therapists specialty, gender, furniture used in clinic and duration of patient contact are found to be related to the pain development (p < 0.05). Conclusions: We need to emphasize the role of ergonomics and techniques of patient handling in development of work-related pain symptoms. Med Pr 2015;66(4):459-469

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Prevalence of work-related musculoskeletal disorders among physical therapists

Iqbal¹,

Alghadir²

2015

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“…Loss of property of elastin components in ligaments, osteophyte formation in osteoporosis and endplate are other changes that can be related with back pain in increased age (18). In a study carried out on physiotherapists in Slovenia, it was seen that 74.6% of physiotherapists who have back pain were in 31-50 age group (9). This study supports current literature in this sense and it was found that physiotherapists who have back pain in Turkey are older and 75% of them are above 31.…”

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confidence: 84%

“…Other researchers stated that complaints about back pain occur within four or five years of working life (6,7). While the rate of back pain incidence among physiotherapists vary between 57% and 73% during life time (8,9), it was stated that rate of back pain incidence in one year is 45% (2), rate of being exposed to any injury during life time is 90% (6).…”

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The Factors That Correlated With Back Pain in Physiotherapists

Medeni¹,

Elbasan²,

Düzgün³

et al. 2015

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Ya zış ma Ad re si / Add ress rep rint re qu ests to: Özge Çınar-Medeni Çankırı Karatekin University, School of Health, Department of Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation, Çankırı -Turkey Elekt ro nik pos ta ad re si / E-ma il add ress: ozgecinar@gmail.com Ka bul ta ri hi / Da te of ac cep tan ce: 24 Haziran 2015 / June 24, 2015 ÖZET Fizyoterapistlerde bel ağrısı ile ilişkili etkenlerAmaç: Fizyoterapistlerde mesleki yüklenmelere bağlı olarak bel ağrısı sıklıkla görülen bir durumdur. Bu çalışmanın amacı fizyoterapistlerde yaş, vücut kitle indeksi, çalışma postürü ve çalışma yılının bel ağrısı ile ilgili özürlülük düzeyi üzerine etkisini incelemektir. Yöntem: Yirmi dokuz fizyoterapist çalışmaya dahil edildi. Çalışma yılı ve günlük çalışma saatleri kaydedildi. Olguların bel ağrısı ile ilgili şikâyetleri "Quebec Bel Ağrısı Kısıtlılık Ölçeği" (QUEBEC) ile, çalışma postürleri "Owako Çalışma Postürü Analiz Sistemi" (OWAS) ile değerlendirildi. Bel ağrısı ile yaş, vücut kitle indeksi (VKİ) , çalışma postürü, çalışma yılı ve günlük çalışma saati arasındaki ilişki Spearman korelasyon katsayısı kullanılarak incelendi. Bel ağrısı olan ve olmayan fizyoterapistlerin yaş, VKİ, çalışma yılı, günlük çalışma saati ve çalışma postürleri arasındaki fark Mann-Whitney U test ile değerlendirildi. Bulgular: QUEBEC skoru ile yaş arasında pozitif yönde orta derecede istatistiksel olarak anlamlı ilişki bulundu (r=0.44, p=0.01). Çalışma yılı ile çalışma postürü (r=0.38, p=0.04) ve VKİ (r=0.41, p=0.027) arasında ilişki olduğu görüldü. Bel ağrısı olan ve olmayan fizyoterapistlerin yaşları istatistiksel olarak birbirinden farklı bulundu (p<0.05). Sonuçlar: Çalışmamızda fizyoterapistlerde ilerleyen yaşın bel ağrısı ile ilgili özürlülük düzeyini etkilediği görüldü. Ayrıca çalışma yılı arttıkça çalışma postürünün bozulması ve VKİ'nin artmasının bel ağrısını tetikleyebilecek faktörler olduğu görüldü. Anahtar sözcükler: Fizyoterapist, postür, bel ağrısı ABS TRACT The factors that correlated with back pain in physiotherapistsObjective: Depending on the occupational loading, back pain is frequently encountered in physiotherapists. The aim of this study was to investigate the correlation of age, body mass index (BMI), working posture and time with back pain in physiotherapists. Methods: Twenty-nine physiotherapists were included to study. Working-years and daily-working hours were recorded. Complaints about back pain were assessed with "Quebec Back Pain Disability Scale" (QUEBEC), working posture with "Owako Working Posture Analyze System" (OWAS). The relation between back pain and age, "body mass index" (BMI), working posture, working time and daily-working hours were investigated by Spearman correlation coefficient. Mann-Whitney U test was used to set the differences in age, BMI, working posture, working-years and daily-working hours of the physiotherapists which were having back pain and having no pain. Results: There were a statistically significant correlation between QUEBEC score and age (r=0.44, p=0.01). Working year was correlated with working pos...

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“…A prevalência de dor lombar no último ano identificada nesta pesquisa deve ser considerada muito elevada e semelhante às encontradas em outros estudos 1,2,3,27,28,29,30 . Numa revisão de literatura envolvendo o período de 1966 a 1988, a prevalência de dor lombar no último ano variou entre 22% e 65% 27 .…”

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