Pain In Body Regions Research Articles

A STUDY ON SUBJECTIVE SYMPTOMS AND OCCUPATIONAL CHARACTERSITICS OF WORK-RELATED MUSCULOSKELETAL DISORDERS

Work related musculoskeletal disorders become a hot issue in Korea since many workers reported the musculoskeletal disorder problems. The objective of this paper is to find whether workers' subjective symptoms are closely related to occupational characteristics and mu sculoskeletal stress evaluated by ergonomic techniques. Workers in an electronics companies were surveyed using a questionnaire survey form. Their work was also analyzed using ergonomic techniques. Four types of jobs, manual handling jobs, inspection jobs, assembly jobs and VDT jobs were used. It was found that 22.8% of workers reported subjective symptoms. Workers in manual handling jobs showed the most subjective symptoms ration (34.7%). It was also found that lower back was the most painful body region.. Work duration and control possibility of work speed showed significant high odd ratios. It was also found that pain reported was well correlated with ergonomic evaluation of jobs.

Gender related differences in pain in spinal cord injured individuals.

Out of a population of 456 patients with spinal cord injuries (SCI), 130 having pain were selected after matching, based on gender, age, American Spinal Injury Association (ASIA) impairment grade and level of lesion. To investigate whether gender differences with regard to pain perception and prevalence exist in a population of patients following spinal cord injury. Spinalis SCI Unit (out-patient clinic), Stockholm, Sweden. 130 patients suffering from pain were assessed over a 12-month period in a yearly health control. SCI women had a higher prevalence of nociceptive pain than men and their use of analgesics was greater. However, no differences between the sexes could be seen regarding pain and localization, onset, distribution, factors affecting pain, number of painful body regions, pain descriptors, ratings of pain intensities or in pain and life satisfaction. This study showed that SCI men and women describe their pain very similarly. However, SCI women had a higher prevalence of nociceptive pain than men and their use of opiates and non-steroid anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) was greater.