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Neck, upper back and lower back pain and associated risk factors among primary school children.

Ergonomic among children is important as it will influence their growth, which mainly results from the development of the musculoskeletal system. Their anthropometric characteristics are totally different from adults. A cross-sectional study was conducted on 100 school children from two primary scho...

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Main Authors: K. , Mohd Azuan, Hashim, Zailina, Mohd Tamrin, Shamsul Bahri, Mohd Ali, Nurul Asyiqin, M.N., Mohd Azhar, Ismail, Syazwan Aizat
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Published: Asian Network for Scientific Information 2010
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spelling my.upm.eprints.157852015-09-22T08:14:15Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/15785/ Neck, upper back and lower back pain and associated risk factors among primary school children. K. , Mohd Azuan Hashim, Zailina Mohd Tamrin, Shamsul Bahri Mohd Ali, Nurul Asyiqin M.N., Mohd Azhar Ismail, Syazwan Aizat Ergonomic among children is important as it will influence their growth, which mainly results from the development of the musculoskeletal system. Their anthropometric characteristics are totally different from adults. A cross-sectional study was conducted on 100 school children from two primary schools in Malaysia. Year 2 and 5 children were randomly selected and were given questionnaires to obtain information on their background, musculoskeletal pain/discomfort complaints, previous skeletal injuries and satisfaction with classroom furniture. A TANITA electronic weighing scale was used to measure their body weights, schoolbag load and relative schoolbag weight. A Harpenden anthropometer was used to measure their standing height. Neck pain (NP) was the most prevalent musculoskeletal disorder (MSD) with lifetime prevalence (LP) of 33% and a periodic prevalence (PP) of 15.3%, followed by the upper back pain (UBP) with a LP of 20.2% and a PP of 9.1% and lastly low back pain (LBP) with a LP of 13.1% and a PP of 8.1%. Binary logistic regression performed, showed the LP of neck pain were significantly influenced by factors namely: overall satisfaction with the classroom furniture, satisfaction with the backrest shape and desk height. Results showed that the schoolbag load and classroom furniture significantly influenced the prevalence of MSD. Asian Network for Scientific Information 2010 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/15785/1/Neck.pdf K. , Mohd Azuan and Hashim, Zailina and Mohd Tamrin, Shamsul Bahri and Mohd Ali, Nurul Asyiqin and M.N., Mohd Azhar and Ismail, Syazwan Aizat (2010) Neck, upper back and lower back pain and associated risk factors among primary school children. Journal of Applied Sciences, 10 (5). pp. 431-435. ISSN 1812-5654, ESSN: 1812-5662 http://www.ansinet.com/ English
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description Ergonomic among children is important as it will influence their growth, which mainly results from the development of the musculoskeletal system. Their anthropometric characteristics are totally different from adults. A cross-sectional study was conducted on 100 school children from two primary schools in Malaysia. Year 2 and 5 children were randomly selected and were given questionnaires to obtain information on their background, musculoskeletal pain/discomfort complaints, previous skeletal injuries and satisfaction with classroom furniture. A TANITA electronic weighing scale was used to measure their body weights, schoolbag load and relative schoolbag weight. A Harpenden anthropometer was used to measure their standing height. Neck pain (NP) was the most prevalent musculoskeletal disorder (MSD) with lifetime prevalence (LP) of 33% and a periodic prevalence (PP) of 15.3%, followed by the upper back pain (UBP) with a LP of 20.2% and a PP of 9.1% and lastly low back pain (LBP) with a LP of 13.1% and a PP of 8.1%. Binary logistic regression performed, showed the LP of neck pain were significantly influenced by factors namely: overall satisfaction with the classroom furniture, satisfaction with the backrest shape and desk height. Results showed that the schoolbag load and classroom furniture significantly influenced the prevalence of MSD.
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author K. , Mohd Azuan
Hashim, Zailina
Mohd Tamrin, Shamsul Bahri
Mohd Ali, Nurul Asyiqin
M.N., Mohd Azhar
Ismail, Syazwan Aizat
spellingShingle K. , Mohd Azuan
Hashim, Zailina
Mohd Tamrin, Shamsul Bahri
Mohd Ali, Nurul Asyiqin
M.N., Mohd Azhar
Ismail, Syazwan Aizat
Neck, upper back and lower back pain and associated risk factors among primary school children.
author_facet K. , Mohd Azuan
Hashim, Zailina
Mohd Tamrin, Shamsul Bahri
Mohd Ali, Nurul Asyiqin
M.N., Mohd Azhar
Ismail, Syazwan Aizat
author_sort K. , Mohd Azuan
title Neck, upper back and lower back pain and associated risk factors among primary school children.
title_short Neck, upper back and lower back pain and associated risk factors among primary school children.
title_full Neck, upper back and lower back pain and associated risk factors among primary school children.
title_fullStr Neck, upper back and lower back pain and associated risk factors among primary school children.
title_full_unstemmed Neck, upper back and lower back pain and associated risk factors among primary school children.
title_sort neck, upper back and lower back pain and associated risk factors among primary school children.
publisher Asian Network for Scientific Information
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