[Home ] [Archive]   [ فارسی ]  
:: Main :: About :: Current Issue :: Archive :: Search :: Submit :: Contact ::
Main Menu
Home::
Journal Information::
About the Journal
Editorial Board
Aims& Scopes
Journal News
Articles archive::
Current Issue
All Issues
For Authors::
Call for Papers
Submission Instruction
Submission Form
For Reviewers::
Reviewers Section
Registration::
Registration Information
Registration Form
Contact us::
Contact Information
Contact us
Site Facilities::
Site map
Search contents
FAQ
Top 10 contents
Inform to friends
Webmail::
::
Search in website

Advanced Search
..
Receive site information
Enter your Email in the following box to receive the site news and information.
..
:: Volume 32, Issue 4 (winter 2022) ::
MEDICAL SCIENCES 2022, 32(4): 419-429 Back to browse issues page
The relationship between musculoskeletal pain and ergonomic risk factors in truck drivers
Akbar Ahmadi Asour1 , Farzaneh Mehri2 , Fatemeh Fasih-Ramandi1 , Ali Karimi 3
1- PhD Student, Department of Occupational Health Engineering, Faculty of Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
2- Master of Occupational Health Engineering, Faculty of Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
3- Associate Professor, Department of Occupational Health Engineering, School of Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran , akarimi@sina.tums.ac.ir
Abstract:   (1044 Views)
Background: The risk of musculoskeletal disorders due to various work factors such as ergonomic factors in truck drivers is considerable. The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of ergonomic risk factors on the prevalence of musculoskeletal disorders in truck drivers.
Materials and methods: This cross-sectional was a descriptive-analytical study that was performed on 200 professional truck drivers by two-stage cluster sampling. The ergonomics and safety of drivers’ questionnaire including demographic characteristics, working conditions (stress and job satisfaction), pain in nine areas of the body in the last 12 months based on body map were used. The central indicators and Spearman non-parametric statistical tests were used to analyze the data.
Results: The mean (±standard deviation) age of drivers was 47.5±9years, who drove an average of 10.66 hours in 24 hours. 99.5% of drivers complained of low back pain, of which 40% were mild and 59.5% were severe. Also, 59.5% reported severe pain in the knee area. The relationship between pain in the elbow and foot with moving and carrying of loads as well as neck and wrist pain with hand and arm movements was significant (p<0005). No significant relationship was found between pain in nine areas of the body and job satisfaction.
Conclusion: Ergonomic risk factors play an important role in the occurrence of musculoskeletal pain in drivers, which requires special training and attention to this occupational group along with preventive and therapeutic measures.
 
Keywords: Drivers, Low back pain, Body map, Musculoskeletal disorders, Ergonomic risk factors.
Full-Text [PDF 841 kb]   (535 Downloads)    
Semi-pilot: Survey/Cross Sectional/Descriptive | Subject: Occupational Health
Received: 2022/01/3 | Accepted: 2022/06/2 | Published: 2022/07/1
References
1. Hulshof CT VJ, Braam I, Bovenzi M, Van Dijk F. Evaluation of an occupational health intervention programme on whole-body vibration in forklift truck drivers: a controlled trial. Occupational and environmental medicine. 2006;63(7):461-8. [DOI:10.1136/oem.2005.020032]
2. Lam GPYSP. Work-related Musculoskeletal Disorders in Urban Bus Drivers of Hong Kong. J Occup Rehabil. 2007;17:181-98. [DOI:10.1007/s10926-007-9070-7]
3. Hamed Yarmohammadi SHN, Soudabeh Yarmohammadi,Alireza Khammar, Hossein Marioryad, Mohsen Poursadeqiyan. Evaluating the Prevalence of Musculoskeletal Disorders in Drivers Systematic Review and Meta-analysis. Journal of Health and Safety at Work. 2019;9(3):14. (Full Text in Persian)
4. al. SBMTe. The Association between Risk Factors and Low Back Pain among Commercial Vehicle Drivers in Peninsular Malaysia: A Preliminary Result. Industrial Health. 2007;45:268-78. [DOI:10.2486/indhealth.45.268]
5. Siavash Etemadinezhad J, Fatemeh Khoshandam Sarvinebaghi, . Prevalence of Musculoskeletal Disorders in Suburban Drivers in Mazandaran Province, Iran J Mazandaran Univ Med Sci (persian). 2018;27(157):105 - 17.
6. Ali Anjomshoae MRbAR. Assessment of Musculoskeletal Discomfort and Psychosocial Work Factors Among Malaysian Bus Drivers. IEEE Business Engineering and Application Colloquium(BEIAC). 2013. [DOI:10.1109/BEIAC.2013.6560257]
7. Zahra Haj Yamini ea. Evaluation of the frequency of job stress in drivers in Tehran. Quarterly Journal of Disciplinary Management Studies. 2010;5(1). (Full Text in Persian)
8. Begum Nurun Nahar GUA, Nazmul A. Khan Prevalence of low back pain and associated risk factors among professional car drivers in Dhaka city, Bangladesh South East Asia Journal Of Public Health. 2012;2(1):60-3. [DOI:10.3329/seajph.v2i1.15267]
9. Mohsen SAHaA. Work-related and ergonomic risk factors associated with low back pain among bus drivers. 2018.
10. Nilsen TIL HA, Mork PJ. Physical exercise, body mass index, and risk of chronic pain in the low back and neck/shoulders: longitudinal data from the
11. Nord-Trøndelag Health Study. . American journal of epidemiology. 2011;174(3):267-73. [DOI:10.1093/aje/kwr087]
12. Nasrin Sadeghi EH. The survey of relation between Musculoskeletal Disorders and Anthropometric Indices in the bus drivers in Isfahan. Iran Occupational Health. 2009;6(1):14-5. (Full Text in Persian)
13. Mehdi Jahangiri AKaSE. Influence of Blood Biochemistry, Auditory and Musculoskeletal Well-being of Professional Drivers on Road Accidents. Juniper Online Journal of Public Health. 2017;1(5):1-8. [DOI:10.19080/JOJPH.2017.01.555572]
14. Shirazeh Arghami KK, Milad NasabAlhosseini. A Survey on Musculoskeletal Pain in Suburban Bus Drivers. Journal of Occupational Hygiene Engineering. 2015;2(2):72-81. (Full Text in Persian)
15. Pehkonen I KP, Nevala N. Musculoskeletal pain and workload among city bus drivers and long-distance bus drivers. NES2012 Proceedings[Internet]. 2012.
16. Fadhli MZK HN, Khairul NM, Kaswandi MA1 and Junaidah Z. Ergonomic Risk Factors and Prevalence of Low Back Pain among Bus Drivers. Austin Journal of Musculoskeletal Disorders. 2016;3(1):3-1.
17. Walsh K VN, Osmond C, Styles R, Coggon D Occupational causes of low-back pain. Scand J work Environ Health 15(1):54-9. [DOI:10.5271/sjweh.1891]
18. Massaccesi M P, SoccettiA, Masali M,, Masiero C GF. Investigation of work-related disorders in truck drivers using RULA method. ApplErgon. 2003;34(4):303-7. [DOI:10.1016/S0003-6870(03)00052-8]
19. Grace P PL. Work-related Musculoskeletal Disorders in Urban Bus Drivers of Hong Kong. Juornal of Occupational Rehabiliation. 2007;17(2):181-98. [DOI:10.1007/s10926-007-9070-7]
20. Chen JC CW, Chang W, Christiani D Occupational factors associated with low back pain in urban taxi drivers. . Occup Med. 2005;55(7): 535-40. [DOI:10.1093/occmed/kqi125]
21. Andrusaitis SF OR, Barros Filho TEP. Study of the prevalence and risk factors for low back pain in truck drivers in the state of São Paulo, Brazil. Clinics. 2006;61(6):503-10. [DOI:10.1590/S1807-59322006000600003]
22. R. A. The back pain of bus drivers: Prevalence in an urban area of California. Spine. 1992;17(12):1481-8. [DOI:10.1097/00007632-199212000-00007]
23. Nasser Mohammad Rahimi NR, Gholam Rasul Mohammad Rahimi. Prevalence of Musculoskeletal Disorders during and after Driving among Suburban Truck Trailer Drivers in Taybad, Iran, in 2016. Journal of Health Research in Community. 2017;3(2):66-55. (Full Text in Persian)
Send email to the article author

Add your comments about this article
Your username or Email:

CAPTCHA

XML   Persian Abstract   Print

Download citation:
BibTeX | RIS | EndNote | Medlars | ProCite | Reference Manager | RefWorks
Send citation to:
Ahmadi Asour A, Mehri F, Fasih-Ramandi F, Karimi A. The relationship between musculoskeletal pain and ergonomic risk factors in truck drivers. MEDICAL SCIENCES 2022; 32 (4) :419-429
URL: http://tmuj.iautmu.ac.ir/article-1-1963-en.html
Rights and permissions
Creative Commons License This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.
Volume 32, Issue 4 (winter 2022) Back to browse issues page
فصلنامه علوم پزشکی دانشگاه آزاد اسلامی واحد پزشکی تهران Medical Science Journal of Islamic Azad Univesity - Tehran Medical Branch
Persian site map - English site map - Created in 0.05 seconds with 36 queries by YEKTAWEB 4645