Ushnah Khan, Muhammad Fasih, Ashfaq Ahmad.
Prevalence of work related upper back pain among physiotherapists of Lahore.
J Med Sci May ;28(1):34-7.

Objective:To find out the prevalence of work related upper back pain among physiotherapists of Lahore.Materials and Methods: It was a cross sectional study. Data was collected by 140 physiotherapists from different physio-therapy setups and hospitals of Lahore over a period of six months from January 2019 to June 2019. Physiotherapists with rheumatoid arthritis and congenital disorders were excluded. Data was collected by modified Nordic based questionnaire to evaluate the upper back pain among physiotherapists. SPSS version 21 was used to analyzed the data. Results: Out of 140, 22(15.7%) physiotherapists had upper back pain and 109 (77.86%) had no upper back pain.Conclusion: Physiotherapist had significant prevalence of work related upper back pain, which is mainly due to their work pattern of prolonged standing, faulty posture and physical demanding nature of their work.

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