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Association Between Computer Work And Musculoskeletal Disorders Of Neck And Upper Extremity In Young And Adult Population - A Survey Based Analysis
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VINAYA SWETHA.T, KARTHIK GANESH MOHANRAJ, KIRAN KUMAR PANDURANGAN
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Musculoskeletal disorders are most prevalent in computer and keyboard users, it most commonly occurs in the head, hand and wrist, shoulder region. There are several disorders associated with keyboard and computer users. Most common disorders associated with keyboard users are tension neck syndrome, shoulder tendonitis, forearm disorder, wrist tendonitis. A complex of several work related factors emphasise computer work to evaluate all the factors to be common for all kinds of working environment, computer work is called as working with audio and video units with the use of keyboards and mouse and sitting in a chair, works such as personal computer device, persons who are working in IT companies. To prevent these musculoskeletal disorders well maintained sitting posture and proper workstation design are necessary. By modifying the chair, positioning the documents in an easy approach, placing the monitor in front of you, and using headphones can reduce the prevalence of neck, shoulder and upper back symptoms. The aim of the study was to assess the association between computer work and musculoskeletal disorders of neck and upper extremity in the young and adult population. This is an online based questionnaire study, In this 15 questions were circulated among all the computer and keyboard users, data collection was done by using a survey planet and results were analysed statistically using SPSS version 20.0 software and charts were given as results. The most affected site was shoulder (43%), the most common disorder in this study was shoulder tendonitis 44%). It is more prevalent in the 20-30 years of age group of the population. It shows there is a strong association between musculoskeletal disorder and computer and keyboard users. Females are more prone to neck and upper extremity disorders than males.
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Computer; neck; shoulder; pain; musculoskeletal disorders; stress; exercise.
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https://doi.org/10.31838/ijpr/2020.SP2.113
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