Musculoskeletal disorders among nursing personnel in Korea

Comparison of the effect of semi-rigid ankle bracing on performance among injured v. non-injured adolescent female hockey players

“…The Kee and Seo [9] Pain Rating Scale (range 1 -5) was used to determine the severity of the pain symptoms experienced when the ankle was injured. A score of 4 (severe pain) was rated the most prevalent (55%) followed by 3 (moderate pain) (36%) and 2 (mild pain) (9%).…”

“…The injury questionnaire was divided into five parts: demographic details, anatomical site of the injury, severity of the associated pain according to the Kee and Seo [9] Pain Rating Scale, the type of injury symptoms (dull aching, discomfort, sharp, pins and needles, numbness, burning and radiating) and the predisposing mechanism of the injury in accordance with Hagglund et al 's [11] definition of sport injuries. Hagglund et al reported that the fundamental problem concerning international epidemiological sport investigations is the inconsistent definition of musculoskeletal injury.…”

“…The players' history of hockey injuries was obtained by using an injury questionnaire adapted from Ellapen et al [3] and Kee and Seo. [9] In the current study, an injury was defined as a sensation of distress or agony that prevented the hockey player from physical activity for a minimum period of 48 h due to a specific predisposing mechanism of injury (adapted from Van Heerden [10] ). Pain was questioned because it is a discernible symptom of musculoskeletal and/or ligamentous injuries.…”

A Study on Push-Pull Analysis Associated With Awkward Posture Among Workers in Aerospace Industry

“…The pushing and pulling activities is a frequent activity for a great segment of the workforce, including hospital workers, manufacturing workers, construction workers, forest workers, etc [2][3][4][5][6][7][8]. Moreover, both of these activities are associated with the awkward posture.…”

Validity and Reliability of a Job Factors Questionnaire Related to the Work Tasks of Physical Therapists

“…Questionnaires are research tools widely used in epidemiologic studies involving complaints of musculoskeletal discomfort and pain [18,19,20]. The lack of validated questionnaires with tested psychometric properties to evaluate WMDs and workplace factors among physical therapists was a research limitation discussed by Carregaro, Trelha, and Mastelan [21].…”