TY - JOUR
T1 - Upper body quadrant pain in bus drivers
AU - Alperovitch-Najenson, Deborah
AU - Katz-Leurer, Michal
AU - Santo, Yoav
AU - Golman, Diana
AU - Kalichman, Leonid
N1 - Funding Information:
This study was supported by a grant from the Israeli Ministry of Industry, Trade and Labor. For comments and further information, address correspondence to Deborah Alperovitch-Najenson PT, PhD, Department of Physical Therapy, The Stanley Steyer School of Health Professions, Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv 69978, Israel. E-mail: [email protected]
PY - 2010/1/1
Y1 - 2010/1/1
N2 - The aims of this study were to evaluate the prevalence of upper body quadrant pain among Israeli professional urban bus drivers and to evaluate the association between individual, ergonomic, and psychosocial risk factors and occurrence of neck pain. Three hundred and eightyfour male urban bus drivers were consecutively enrolled in the study. Data pertaining to work-related ergonomic and psychosocial stress factors were collected. The 12-month prevalence of neck pain was 21.2%, followed by shoulder: 14.7%, upper back: 8.3%, elbow: 3.0%, and wrist: 3.0% pain. Prevalence of neck pain was associated with uncomfortable seats (odds ratio; OR [95% confidence interval; CI]: 2.2 [1.2-4.3], back support (2.3 [1.2-4.2]), and steering wheel (2.2 [1.1-4.5]). Drivers with neck pain reported significantly higher prevalence of pain in the upper back (OR [95% CI]: 5.9 [2.7-12.9]), shoulders (8.1 [4.3-15.3]), and wrists (7.0 [2.0-21.8]) compared to drivers without neck pain. Work-related organizational stress factors were not associated with neck pain prevalence.
AB - The aims of this study were to evaluate the prevalence of upper body quadrant pain among Israeli professional urban bus drivers and to evaluate the association between individual, ergonomic, and psychosocial risk factors and occurrence of neck pain. Three hundred and eightyfour male urban bus drivers were consecutively enrolled in the study. Data pertaining to work-related ergonomic and psychosocial stress factors were collected. The 12-month prevalence of neck pain was 21.2%, followed by shoulder: 14.7%, upper back: 8.3%, elbow: 3.0%, and wrist: 3.0% pain. Prevalence of neck pain was associated with uncomfortable seats (odds ratio; OR [95% confidence interval; CI]: 2.2 [1.2-4.3], back support (2.3 [1.2-4.2]), and steering wheel (2.2 [1.1-4.5]). Drivers with neck pain reported significantly higher prevalence of pain in the upper back (OR [95% CI]: 5.9 [2.7-12.9]), shoulders (8.1 [4.3-15.3]), and wrists (7.0 [2.0-21.8]) compared to drivers without neck pain. Work-related organizational stress factors were not associated with neck pain prevalence.
KW - Bus drivers
KW - Neck pain
KW - Psychosocial risk factors
KW - Upper body quadrant pain
KW - Work-related musculoskeletal disorders
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U2 - 10.1080/19338244.2010.486422
DO - 10.1080/19338244.2010.486422
M3 - Article
C2 - 21186427
AN - SCOPUS:79952115413
SN - 1933-8244
VL - 65
SP - 218
EP - 223
JO - Archives of Environmental and Occupational Health
JF - Archives of Environmental and Occupational Health
IS - 4
ER -
