The prevalence of neck and upper extremity musculoskeletal symptoms in computer mouse users

Cook, Catherine; Burgess-Limerick, Robin; Chang, Sungwon

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“…[6][7][8][9][10] This was adapted to include some further questions related to demographics, as well as the self-reported use of loupes with or without illumination, levels of fitness and exercise, the use of various strategies to help address the problem and the impact of pain on ability to perform dental procedures. Students were offered further support if this problem was having a significant impact on their overall health and quality of life.…”

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Musculoskeletal neck and back pain in undergraduate dental students at a UK dental school — a cross-sectional study

Vijay

Ide

2016

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Musculoskeletal neck and back pain in undergraduate dental students at a UK dental school — a cross-sectional study

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“…mental fatigue, lack of staff and being tired after a break -in creased the probability of neck complaints [7], Ranas inghe et al defined the aforementioned aspect as work overload, and also identified it as significant with respect MSDs, regard it as the risk factor. Some of them even con firm the associations between MSDs in the neck area and work related stress [11,27,31]. This assessment once more confirms the fact that MSDs have a multifactorial etiology.…”

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“…Despite the fact that the level of computerization has increased rapidly, the occurrence of the musculoskeletal complaints in the neck region (65.38%) that was established by the aforementioned study is very similar to the data obtained in our study (65.7%), which is pretty high. In other coun tries of the world the complaints mentioned above among the population of computer workers ranged from 70% to 45%, according to the data of various scientific stud ies [4,7,11,23]. It is also noteworthy, that in our population of the studied computer workers neck complaints were IJOMEH 2013;26(5) 678 to the complaints in the neck area.…”

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“…That is why scientists admit that MSDs have a mul tifactorial etiology. According to the scientific data, there is a great relationship between individual factors, such as gender, age, history of previous injuries, body mass index (BMI) and MSDs [10][11][12][13]. Work environment has an un disputable impact on the development of MSDs [14].…”

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Associations between neck musculoskeletal complaints and work related factors among public service computer workers in Kaunas

Kalinienė¹,

Ustinavičienė²,

Škėmienė³

et al. 2013

International Journal of Occupational Medicine and Environmental Health

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Objectives: Information technologies have been developing very rapidly, also in the case of occupational activities. Epide miological studies have shown that employees, who work with computers, are more likely to complain of musculoskeletal disorders (MSD). The aim of this study was to evaluate associations between neck MSD and individual and work related factors. Materials and Methods: The investigation which consisted of two parts -a questionnaire study (using Nordic Mus culoskeletal questionnaire and Copenhagen Psychosocial Questionnaire) and a direct observation (to evaluate ergonomic work environment using RULA method) was carried out in three randomly selected public sector companies of Kaunas. The study population consisted of 513 public service office workers. Results: The survey showed that neck MSDs were very common in the investigated population. The prevalence rate amounted to 65.7%. According to our survey neck MSDs were significantly associated with older age, bigger work experience, high quantitative and cognitive job demands, working for longer than 2 h without taking a break as well as with higher ergonomic risk score. The fully adjusted model working for longer than 2 h without taking a break had the strongest associations with neck complaints. Conclusion: It was confirmed, that neck MSDs were significantly associated with individual factors as well as conditions of work, therefore, preventive ac tions against neck complaints should be oriented at psychosocial and ergonomic work environment as well as at individual factors. Key words: Computer work, The neck MDSs, Psychosocial factors, ErgonomicsThe study is a part of an epidemiologic research "Ergonomics of computer work and its interface with the psychosocial work environment", carried out in the Depart ment of Environmental and Occupational Medicine at LUHS MA in 2010.

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“…Moreover, recent experimental investigations of muscular activity during light manual work support the "Cinderella hypothesis", and the established knowledge that stressful work conditions increase the risk of muscle overuse et al, 2002;Thorn et al, 2006). S computer work and neck/upper extremity symptoms or disorders Cook et al, 2000;Jensen et al, 1998;Karlqvist et al, 2002), and several recent longitudinal studies have supported these cross-sectional findings (Gerr et al, 20 Jensen, 2003;Juul-Kristensen et al, 2004;. However, another longitudinal study concluded that the duration of computer use did not influence the prognosis of persistent pain in the arm or hand region of the subje (Lassen et al, 2005).…”

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Concordance between VDU-users’ ratings of comfort and perceived exertion with experts’ observations of workplace layout and working postures

Lindegård

Karlberg

Tornqvist³

et al. 2005

Applied Ergonomics

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All previously published papers have been reproduced with permission from the publisher.Published and printed by Intellecta DocuSys AB, Göteborg, Sweden, 2007 © Agneta Lindegård Andersson, 2007 ISBN 978-91-628-7098-0 Working technique during computer work Associations with biomechanical and psychological strain, neck and upper extremity musculoskeletal symptoms Agneta Lindegård AnderssonThe Sahlgrenska Academy at Göteborg University, Institute of Medicine Department of Public Health and Community Medicine Occupational and Environmental Medicine AbstractAbout 35 % of the working population in Sweden report that computer use accounts for 50% or more of their total working hours. Among this population approximately 40% of the women and 25% of the men experienced symptoms in the neck and/or upper extremities at least once a week during the preceding 3 month. The overall aim of the studies underlying this thesis was to explore possible associations between working technique and perceived exertion, comfort, biomechanical and psychosocial strain as well as neck and upper extremity symptoms among computer users. Specific research questions addressed were a) Whether working technique was associated with muscle activity, wrist positions and forces applied to the computer mouse, respectively? b) Whether working technique was associated with psychological demands, emotional stress and perceived muscle tension, respectively? c) Whether there were associations between self-rated perceived comfort and observations of workplace layout and between self-rated perceived exertion and working postures. d) Whether working technique perceived exertion and comfort was associated with neck and upper extremity symptoms.The results showed that subjects classified as having a good working technique worked with less muscular load in the forearm (p=0.03) and in the trapezius muscle on the mouse operating side (p=0.02) compared to subjects classified as having a poor working technique. Subjects who reported high psychological demands and perceived muscular tension, respectively, used poorer working technique than subjects who did not perceive this conditions (demands, p=0.03, muscular tension, p=0.02). Moreover, the concordance between ratings of comfort and observations of workplace layout was reasonably good concerning the working chair and the keyboard and good regarding the computer screen and the input device. The concordance between ratings of perceived exertion and observations of working postures indicated good agreement for all measured body locations. This applies to the group that rated poor comfort and high exertion. Regarding the group that rated good comfort and low exertion ratings must be supplemented with observations. Furthermore, the results revealed that high perceived exertion and low comfort were related to an increased incidence of neck, and upper extremity symptoms, while poor working technique was not associated with such a risk. It is concluded that working technique is associated with both biomechanical and p...

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The prevalence of neck and upper extremity musculoskeletal symptoms in computer mouse users

Cited by 136 publications

References 32 publications

Musculoskeletal neck and back pain in undergraduate dental students at a UK dental school — a cross-sectional study

Musculoskeletal neck and back pain in undergraduate dental students at a UK dental school — a cross-sectional study

Associations between neck musculoskeletal complaints and work related factors among public service computer workers in Kaunas

Concordance between VDU-users’ ratings of comfort and perceived exertion with experts’ observations of workplace layout and working postures

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