Prevalence of work-related musculoskeletal injuries among South Indian hand screen-printing workers

• Published in: Work (Reading, Mass.) Vol. 58; no. 2; p. 163
• Main Authors: Shankar, S, Naveen Kumar, R, Mohankumar, P, Jayaraman, Srinivasan
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Netherlands 01.01.2017
• Subjects: Adult; Age Factors; Body Mass Index; Chi-Square Distribution; Cross-Sectional Studies; Educational Status; Ergonomics - standards; Female; Humans; India - epidemiology; Low Back Pain - etiology; Male; Marital Status - statistics & numerical data; Middle Aged; Musculoskeletal Diseases - complications; Musculoskeletal Diseases - epidemiology; Musculoskeletal Diseases - etiology; Occupational Diseases - epidemiology; Occupational Diseases - etiology; Odds Ratio; Prevalence; Printing - manpower; Printing - standards; Risk Factors; Shoulder Pain - etiology; Surveys and Questionnaires; Textile Industry - manpower; Textile Industry - trends; musculoskeletal disorder; Cross-sectional study; textile industry; occupational health; ergonomics

Hand screen-printing (HSP) plays a predominant role in textile industries in developing countries. Workers from HSP industry were mostly affected by musculoskeletal injury due to monotonous, and prolonged work nature and poor workplace environment. The present study aims to investigate the prevalenc...