LABRST 3D03 Chapter Notes - Chapter 5: Neck Pain
24 Nov 2016
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Reading 5; concurrence of musculoskeletal pain among female kitchen workers. About musculoskeletal pain symptoms among women in kitchen work [pg. The data of the pain is based on a 3 month period focusing on the neck, shoulder, forearms/hands, low back, hips, knees and ankles/feet [pg. Method used to gather data was a questionnaire from 495 female workers from finland [pg. Altogether 122 kitchens participated in the study [pg. Overall there was an over consensus that pain in the upper body was quite common among female kitchen workers [pg. Musculoskeletal pain continues to be a major cause of morbidity with considerable economic and societal consequences [pg. According to a recent review low back pain, neck pain and shoulder pain are the main reasons for work-related consultation in general practice [pg. 1] Although the occurrence of musculoskeletal pain has been mainly on one of these sites subjects report pain in a mixture of these sites (like both lower back pain and neck pain)
