The prediction of the incidence rate of upper limb musculoskeletal disorders, with CTD risk index method on potters of Meybod city

Reza Khani Jazani; Hossein Fallah; Abolfazl Barkhordari; Gholam H Halvani; Rajab Ali Hokmabadi

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The prediction of the incidence rate of upper limb musculoskeletal disorders, with CTD risk index method on potters of Meybod city

Author(s):

Reza Khani Jazani¹,

Hossein Fallah^2,*,

Abolfazl Barkhordari³,

Gholam H Halvani⁴,

Rajab Ali Hokmabadi⁵

1Assisstant Professor of Occupational Health, School of Health, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences and Health Services, Tehran, Iran.

2MSc of Occupational Health, School of Health, Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences and Health Services, Yazd, Iran.

3Associate Professor of Occupational Health, School of Health, Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences and Health Services, Yazd, Iran.

4Instructor of Occupational Health, School of Health, Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences and Health Services, Yazd, Iran.

5MSc of Occupational Health, School of Health, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences and Health Services, Tehran, Iran.

Zahedan Journal of Research in Medical Sciences:Vol. 13, issue 9; e93733

Published online:May 26, 2011

Article type:Brief Report

Received:Dec 06, 2009

Accepted:Feb 02, 2010

How to Cite:Reza Khani JazaniHossein FallahAbolfazl BarkhordariGholam H HalvaniRajab Ali HokmabadiThe prediction of the incidence rate of upper limb musculoskeletal disorders, with CTD risk index method on potters of Meybod city.Zahedan J Res Med Sci.13(9):e93733.

Abstract

Background: The objective of this study was to predict the incidence of musculoskeletal disorders in potters of Meybod city by performing CTD risk index method.

Materials and Method: This is a descriptive cross-sectional study. Target society was all workers in pottery workshops which were located in the Meybod. Information related to musculoskeletal disorders was obtained by the Nordic questionnaire and we used CTD risk index method to predict the incidence of musculoskeletal disorders.

Results: We observed in this study that 59.3% of the potters had symptoms of musculoskeletal disorders in at least in one of their upper extremities. Also significant differences between mean CTD risk index on potters with and without symptoms of the upper limb musculoskeletal disorders, respectively (p = 0.038).

Conclusion: CTD risk index method can be as a suitable method for predicting the incidence of musculoskeletal disorders used in the potters

Keywords

Musculoskeletal disorders

upper limb

risk assessment 1.

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