The investigation of work-related musculoskeletal disorders among female workers in a hazelnut factory: Prevalence, working posture, work-related and psychosocial factors

International Journal of Industrial Ergonomics(2019)

Cited 18|Views0
No score
Abstract
•The high prevalence of WMSD was present among female workers in the hazelnut.•The most commonly reported complaint was in the lower back, neck, shoulder and upper back.•The cervical and thoracal posture during hazelnut selection was risky based on the results of the photogrammetric analysis.•To decrease the pain severity, the working posture and environmental factors might be amendable.
More
Translated text
Key words
Kyphosis,Lordosis,Musculoskeletal disease,Neck pain,Postural lower back pain
AI Read Science
Must-Reading Tree
Example
Generate MRT to find the research sequence of this paper
Chat Paper
Summary is being generated by the instructions you defined