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Knee ergonomics care in health care professionals

Authors :
Neha Kumari
Jyoti Sharma
Mangalam Kumari
Yamini Sharma
Megha Yadav
Sakshi Arora
Source :
International journal of health sciences. :13366-13377
Publication Year :
2022
Publisher :
Universidad Tecnica de Manabi, 2022.

Abstract

Background of the Study: - A Musculoskeletal disorder is type of disorders based on pain & discomfort related to soft tissue. Health care professionals have high risk to develop MSDs from patient handling. This study investigates of knee related problem, MSDs, and ergonomics in health care professionals. Aim: - To identify the prevalence of knee ergonomics musculoskeletal complains in health care professionals. Methodology: - An electronic search was conducted; roughly 200 distributions were at first separated after that 29 articles were utilized. Other articles excluded because those were not correlated with study. Result: - Evidence suggested that knee ergonomics were more common in doctors, physiotherapist and nurses. Female health care worker were more prone because of age, job experience, and work environment. The occurrence of MSDs as well as their contributing factors was biomechanically awkward posture, repetitive bending, prolong standing without interval and heavy lifting. Conclusion:- Many of the healthcare workers affected by MSDs and most of the nurses, physiotherapist, and surgeon experience knee symptoms in their working carrier due to high level of physical , social, as well as psychological demand. Most of them change their profession due to high physical demand.

Subjects

Subjects :
General Nursing
Education

Details

ISSN :
2550696X and 25506978
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
International journal of health sciences
Accession number :
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