Muhammad Kumail Hassan Raza, Maham Khalid, Muhammad Asbar Javed.
Prevalence and Intensity of Neck Pain in Sewing Machine Operators.
Pak J Physical Therapy Jan ;1(2):3-6.

Majority of sewing machine operators reported with neck pain. Mild neck pain was reported in majority of sewing machine operators. There was an association between neck pain and gender. Abstract: During the past decades musculoskeletal disorders have been progressively common throughout the world. Objective: To find association between neck pain and gender. Methodology: Cross sectional descriptive study was conducted in Leather Coordinator Factory, Sahiwal and Ahmad Kurta Collection, Lahore over a period of 4 months. Only sewing machine operators aged between 20-60 years were included. Modi?ed Nordic Musculoskeletal Pain Questionnaire was used to collect data and chi-square test was used to find association between the variables of hypothesis. Results: Results revealed that among one hundred and ninety one (191) participants that were recruited for neck pain, fifty six percent (56%) participants were suffering from this ailment and forty four percent (44%) were not having pain in the neck region due to sewing. Eighty four percent (84%) participants were suffering from mild neck pain and (16%) moderate pain. Association was found between neck pain and gender of respondents (p-value=0.00) by applying Chi-square. Conclusions: It was concluded that prevalence of neck pain was 56% in sewing machine operators. 84% participants were suffering from mild pain. There was association present between neck pain and gender of the participants. Key words: Neck pain, prevalence, sewing machine operators

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