Mathematically Derived Body Volume and Risk of Musculoskeletal Pain among Housewives in North India

Bihari, Vipin; Kesavachandran, Chandrasekharan Nair; Mathur, Neeraj; Pangtey, Balram S.; Kamal, Ritul; Pathak, Manoj Kumar; Srivastava, A. K.

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“…In this sample of overweight female health care professionals having high BMI was found to be associated with increased intensities of musculoskeletal pain of the right shoulder. Similar findings have been reported for other populations were BMI have been found to be associated with overall musculoskeletal pain 26 , increased prevalence of multisite musculoskeletal pain [27][28][29] , and pain in specific body regions including knees, limbs, lower back, neck, and shoulders 17,26,27 . These studies have examined the general population 17,27,29 , housewives 26 , and female kitchen workers28.…”

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Correlates of localized musculoskeletal pain in overweight female health care professionals

Kolind

Kongstad

Hansen

et al. 2021

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Objectives: The risk of musculoskeletal pain increases when there is an imbalance between work demands and physical capacity. Work in elder care requires frequent periods of high mechanical loading. Body weight can further amplify this load, while muscle strength may lessen the relative strain on the musculoskeletal system. The purpose of this study was to assess the correlation between body composition, muscular strength and localized musculoskeletal pain intensity in overweight female health care professionals. Methods: A sample of 139 overweight female health care professionals working in elder care were included in the analyses. Associations between BMI, fat percentage, waist circumference, muscle strength and localized pain intensity were assessed using Kendall’s rank correlation. Results: Significant associations were found between musculoskeletal pain in the right shoulder and BMI (rτ=0.194; p=0.035), whereas upper back pain was associated with fat percentage and waist circumference (rτ=0.212; p=0.023 and rτ=0.212; p=0.024, respectively). Conclusions: Results indicate high BMI, fat percentage, and waist circumference may be contributing factors of localized musculoskeletal pain intensity of the upper body in overweight female health care professionals. These results may help guide the design of future workplace health promotion programmes.

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Correlates of localized musculoskeletal pain in overweight female health care professionals

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Kongstad

Hansen

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“…In a previously conducted study in the UK, it was found that 2% of the working population between the years of 2009 and 2010, which is almost 572,000 workers at that time, have MSDs; on average, 13.4 days of sickness absence for each worker were reported [9,10] , In addition, MSDs were the main reason of disability in nearly 25% of the 2.5 million workers who were being paid disability benefit [10] . Furthermore, it is reported that the resultant disabilities from MSP increased by 45% from 1990 to 2010 [11] . Neupane et al [12] showed that work related disabilities increased from 15% to 22% in 4 years, and the total of pain sites observed among the workers raised as well.…”

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Psychosocial Factors and Musculoskeletal Pain Among Rural Hand-woven Carpet Weavers in Iran

Chaman

Aliyari

Sadeghian

et al. 2015

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BackgroundMusculoskeletal pain (MSP) is a common and disabling problem among carpet weavers and is linked to physical and psychosocial factors of work. This study aimed to determine the prevalence of MSP, its psychosocial risk factors, and association of pain in each pair of anatomical sites among carpet weavers.MethodsA cross-sectional study was performed among 546 hand-woven carpet weavers in rural small-scale workshops of Iran. Data were collected by using parts of a standardized CUPID (Cultural and Psychosocial Influences on Disability) questionnaire focused on MSP in 10 body sites, including the low-back, neck, both right and left shoulders, elbows, wrists/hands, individual, physical and psychosocial risk factors. Statistical analysis was performed applying logistic regression models.ResultsPrevalence of MSP in at least one body site was 51.7% over the past month. The most common sites were low back and right shoulder pain 27.4% and 20.1%, respectively. A significant difference was found between the mean number of painful anatomical sites and the level of education, age, physical loading at work, time pressure, lack of support, and job dissatisfaction. In pairwise comparisons, strongest association was found between pain in each bilateral anatomical site (odds ratio = 11.6–35.3; p < 0.001).ConclusionIn home-based workshops of carpet weaving, psychosocial factors and physical loading were associated with MSP. This finding is consistent with studies conducted among other jobs. Considering the preventive programs, the same amount of attention should be paid to psychosocial risk factors and physical loading. Also, further longitudinal studies are needed to investigate the relationship of psychological factors.

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“…Emerging technology of 3D scan for measuring body fat paved the way for a new index called body volume index (BVI) (Larsson B et al, 1984). Bihari et al recently demonstrated an association between mathematically derived BVI and musculoskeletal pain among house wives of Delhi (Bihari et al, 2013) The YY paradox or the phenomenon of two or more people sharing a similar value in anthropometrically derived indices but having different body composition has been referred as yy-phenomenon in this paper. The yy-phenomenon has hardly been studied.…”

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Public health semantics of the YY paradox

Mishra

Srivastava

2015

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Background: Body Mass Index (BMI) has lost its credibility as an indicator of fatness. 3D scan and body composition details of Yajnik and Yudnik, the authors with similar BMI but very different body fat percentage was labelled as ‘YY paradox’. 3D scanners are not widely available; as such dependence on less specific tools is still high. It was assumed that such paradoxes may frequently occur in anthropometrically derived body composition indices and paucity of such information prompted us to explore the nature and usage of YY paradox. Methods: Body composition of 89 medical students from North India was studied using bioelectric-impedance fat monitor and anthropometric techniques. YY phenomenon were identified and studied in 1) same BMI but different body fat (Classic YY), 2) same BVI but different BMI (yy BVI~BMI), 3) same Skeletal mass/body fat but different body volume (yy SKM/BF ~ BV) and 4) same Lean Body mass/body fat but different body volume (yy LBM/BF ~ BV). Results: The study population comprised young adults aged 18 -26 years. Males comprised 51.7 % of the study group. YY phenomenon was found in 44 individuals with respect to same BMI but different body fat; 47 individuals of same BVI but different BMI. Of all the indices studied, lowest number of YYs were found in yy LBM/BF ~ BV index. 14.6% study subjects had high visceral fat. Odds Ratio (OR) for high visceral fat in all the studied indices among subjects showing yy-phenomenon and those not showing yy-phenomenon revealed an OR of 1.09 (CI 0.3-3.7) for yy LBM/BF ~ BV index. This suggests that high visceral fat (VF) is the same in both groups and implies that there is no difference between the two arms i.e., YY and non-YY group contains approximately similar proportion of subjects with high VF. Conclusion: We found a high frequency of such paradoxes in this population and also demonstrated that these are not normally distributed. It is also suggested that a deeper look in this issue could be used for deriving predictive models for disease linked anthropometric markers.

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Mathematically Derived Body Volume and Risk of Musculoskeletal Pain among Housewives in North India

Cited by 14 publications

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Correlates of localized musculoskeletal pain in overweight female health care professionals

Correlates of localized musculoskeletal pain in overweight female health care professionals

Psychosocial Factors and Musculoskeletal Pain Among Rural Hand-woven Carpet Weavers in Iran

Public health semantics of the YY paradox

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