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- Title
Muscle Discomfort in Prolonged Standing among Industrial Workers.
- Authors
Aziz, Adriana Abdul; Karuppiah, Karmegam; Perumal, Velu; Tamrin, Shamsul Bahri Mohd; Perimal, Enoch Kumar; S., Sivasankar
- Abstract
Prolonged standing has been identified as one of the risk factors which is associated with occupational injuries. Therefore, the primary aim for this study is to determine the association between prolonged standing and muscle discomfort among workers who have to stand for long periods of time. A total of 74 respondents were given and asked to complete a self-administered Borg's Scale questionnaire. After that, the completed questionnaire was analysed using statistical analysis. This study highlighted the correlation between height, weight and age of the respondents with muscle discomfort following exposure to prolonged standing. Besides that, the association between prolonged standing and muscle discomfort also will be highlighted. In short, the prevalence of leg muscle discomfort was higher compared to the muscle discomfort experienced by the other body parts.
- Subjects
INDUSTRIAL workers; MUSCLES; WORK-related injuries; TIME measurements; QUANTITATIVE research
- Publication
Malaysian Journal of Medicine & Health Sciences, 2019, Vol 15, p90
- ISSN
1675-8544
- Publication type
Article