Sensitive musculoskeletal morbidity and physical load risk in administrative service workers
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https://doi.org/10.18041/2322-634X/rcso.1.2016.4881Keywords:
Physical burden, musculoskeletal pain, risk factors, administrative workersAbstract
Administrative workers are subject to multiple risks caused by prolonged postures and maintained in front of video terminals and tasks that require repeated movements of fingering and manual writing.
Objective: To determine the musculoskeletal morbidity and physical load risk in 30 workers in the typing area.
Results: We found back pain as the most prevalent (56.7%) followed by neck pain (26.7%), 80% of the population is at high risk by physical burden. There are individual factors such as sedentarism, which are being highly conditioning for the presence of musculoskeletal morbidity. A statistically significant relationship was found between the presence of OTM morbidity and the risk by physical load (p: 0.001).
Conclusion: The physical load is related to the presence of musculoskeletal pain.
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