NECK – UPPER EXTREMITY MUSCULOSKELETAL DISORDERS AMONG WORKERS IN EGYPTIAN TELECOMMUNICATIONS COMPANY AT MANSOURA CITY | ||||
| Egyptian Journal of Occupational Medicine | ||||
| Article 4, Volume 33, Issue 1, January 2009, Page 39-54 PDF (324.45 K) | ||||
| Document Type: Study paper | ||||
| DOI: 10.21608/ejom.2009.668 | ||||
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| Authors | ||||
| El-Bestar F.1; Khashaba O.1; EL-Mitwalli A.2 | ||||
| 1Community Medicine Department | ||||
| 2Neurology Department, Faculty of Medicine, Mansoura University | ||||
| Abstract | ||||
| The aim of this work was to study the prevalence of neck- upper extremity musculoskeletal disorders (MSD), mainly carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS), among video display terminal(VDT) users and to determine the association between CTS and occupational physical and psychosocial risk factors. A comparative cross- sectional study was conducted upon (60) VDT users (at risk group) and a matched control group composed of (35) non-VDT users. The population studied was subjected to a structured questionnaire, clinical examination, and investigation in the form of electrophysiological studies and of neck X- ray. There was no statistically significant difference in the prevalence of neck -upper extremity MSD during the past year between the two groups. The prevalence of CTS among the VDT users was 3.3% which was similar to that found in other studies. The mean age of CTS cases (58±1.4years) was statistically significantly higher than the symptom- free VDT users (45.8±4.6years). The physical work stressors and psychosocial factors were more common among CTS cases compared to non-cases, however, the difference was not statistically significant. | ||||
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