Faheem Abbas, Nadia Anwar, Filza Shoukat, Maryam Altaf.
Frequency of Shoulder Pain and Level of Disability among Laborers.
Pak J Physical Therapy Jan ;1(3):12-5.

Highlights: 90 Laborers were included Shoulder pain and disability index SPADI was used to evaluate shoulder pain and disability level The frequency of shoulder pain among laborers was 13.3% Abstract: Shoulder pain has remarkable effect on disease absence, usage of fundamental and assistant wellness services and untimely evacuate from the work market. A few work-related problems have been related with shoulder discomfort and pain, these consist of work with lifted arms, troubling rhythmic work, and commanding efforts. Objective: To determine the frequency of shoulder pain and level of disability among laborers. Methodology: 90 laborers of Lahore were included using non probability convenient sampling. Inclusion criteria was work related shoulder pain, males, with age range of 20-60 years, with previous history of trauma or injury, fracture, dislocation or any systemic disorder were excluded. Data was collected by modified shoulder pain and disability index SPADI questionnaire. Data was analyzed by using SPSS version 20.0. Results: Mean age was found to be 33.96 (+-11.16 SD) years. There were 27.8% participants with no pain while, 69.8% reported mild pain and only 2.4% reported moderate pain. There were 43.3% participants with no disability while, 54.4% had mild disability and 2.3% moderate disability. SPADI score was 7.92 (+-9.138 SD).Pain frequency observed was 13.33%. Conclusions: It was observed that the frequency of shoulder pain and level of disability among the laborers was mild to moderate.

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