TY  - JOUR
T1  - Examination of Work-Related Musculoskeletal Disorders and Their Related Factors among Farmers of Asadabad City in 2015
A1  - Fariba Amiri
A1  - Seyed Ghavameddin Attari
A1  - Yusef-Ali Karimi
A1  - Majid Motamedzadeh
A1  - Manouchehr Karami
A1  - Rashid Heidari Moghadam
A1  - Vida Samiei
JF  - Pharmacophore
JO  - Pharmacophore
SN  - 2229-5402
Y1  - 2020
VL  - 11
IS  - 1
SP  - 52
EP  - 57
N2  - Introduction: Farming has been rated as an extensive and dangerous occupational activity that requires tolerating inappropriate physical condition. This study investigated the prevalence of musculoskeletal disorders and their related factors among farmers of Asadabad city in 2015.  Materials and Methods: This descriptive-analytical and cross-sectional study was conducted on 378 male farmers in Asadabad city of Hamadan. A nordic standard questionnaire was used for data collection in this research which was completed by trained personnel and was analyzed statistically. Findings: The musculoskeletal disorders prevalence rate of farmers was 6.9% in the neck, 6.6% in shoulders, 1.1% in the elbow, 4.5% in the wrist, 6.1% in the back, 19% in the waist, 10.1% in the hip and thigh, 2.1% in the knee and 5% in the leg. Based on the obtained results, there was a significant relationship between the prevalence of musculoskeletal disorders in the leg area with age and between the prevalence of musculoskeletal disorders in the back area and farmers' awareness level. There was a significant relationship between the prevalence of musculoskeletal disorders in the neck, shoulder, back and waist areas with the history of the disease (P
UR  - https://pharmacophorejournal.com/article/examination-of-work-related-musculoskeletal-disorders-and-their-related-factors-among-farmers-of-asadabad-city-in-2015
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