Cardiovascular and Respiratory Responses of Apparently Healthy Participants to Cervical Traction in Sitting Position Using Different Weights

Work-related Musculoskeletal Disorders among Workers at Gold Mine Industry in Ghana: Prevalence and Patterns of Occurrence

“…The results show no significant association between the number of years spent as a worker in the company and the prevalence of WRMSDs. This is contrary to the findings by Egwuonwu et al [14], who reported that WRMSDs were highest in the longer serving staff (age 45 to retirement) than those with lesser years. The difference in the findings might be due to the possibility of other predisposing factors such as depression and anxiety, psychological distress and family problems [4,15].…”

“…The incidence was mostly recorded in mining department of the company. The outcome of our study bears similarity to the previously reported prevalence (83.3%) among quarry workers in south East Nigeria [14]. Although, a 12-month prevalence of low-back pain (67.2%) had already been documented in Ghana among Gold miners [9] our results have lent credence to the enormous physical components of mining activities which remain potential sources of WRMSDs.…”