Abstract
This review aims to to identify the prevalence of computer work related to musculoskeletal disorders among Video Display Terminal users.The association between risk factors and musculoskeletal disorders was also identified. Data from 1990 until 2015 was retrieved using electronic databases. The review was done based on computer work, office risk factors, musculoskeletal disorders, working posture, office components and office environment. Epidemiology studies show that physical exposure has a moderate and to strong association with Computer Work-Related Musculoskeletal Disorders. Sixteen risk factors for office workstation swith significant associations with body part exposure outcomeswere identified. Through the studies, it was found that computer-related risk factors correspond with Musculoskeletal Disorders (MSDs) including awkward postures, long duration of computer use, work involving repetitive processes and the office environment
Highlights
Ergonomic Risk Factors (ERFs) are considered as the main source of occupational injuries among workers.[1,2]
Injuries often caused by ERFs are Musculoskeletal Disorders, Cumulative Trauma Disorders (CTDs), Upper Limb Disorder (ULDs) and Repetitive Strain Injury (RSI) [3, 4]
Office work or Visual Display Terminal(VDT) work poses a high risk of musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) [5, 6].Computer users with long duration of computer use experienced more muscuosleteal symptoms compared to those whose used computer for a short duration [7,8]
Summary
Ergonomic Risk Factors (ERFs) are considered as the main source of occupational injuries among workers.[1,2]. Office work or Visual Display Terminal(VDT) work poses a high risk of musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) [5, 6].Computer users with long duration of computer use experienced more muscuosleteal symptoms compared to those whose used computer for a short duration [7,8]. Futhermore, in the review of VDT studies stated, VDT work indicated high prevalence of disorders in the neck, upper extremities and lower back of the body compared with non VDT-work [7,8,9,10]. Among the risk factors associated with MSDs are maintaining a static sitting posture for a long time and awkward postures of the head, neck and upper limb, wrist and forearm and repetitive movement of the fingers [11,12,13]. The association between risk factors and musculoskeletal was identified
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