Gangopadhyay Somnath, Das Banibrata, Das Tamal, Ghoshal Goutam
University College of Science and Technology, University of Calcutta, Calcutta, India.
Int J Occup Saf Ergon. 2005;11(3):315-22. doi: 10.1080/10803548.2005.11076652.
In India, particularly in West Bengal, preadolescents are primarily associated with agricultural work in rural areas. Owing to poor socio-economic conditions, they are compelled to carry out a considerable number of manual, rigorous tasks in agricultural fields. The main aim of this study was to investigate postures adopted by preadolescent agricultural workers during individual agricultural activities and to analyze the causes of discomfort related to those postures. Fifty male and 50 female preadolescent agricultural workers were randomly selected and a detailed posture analysis was performed with the Ovako Working Posture Analysis System (OWAS). It was observed that those workers worked continuously in awkward postures during certain agricultural activities. Consequently they suffered from discomfort in different parts of their body. Even though they were very young, they were likely to suffer from serious musculoskeletal disorders in the future.
在印度，尤其是西孟加拉邦，青春期前儿童主要与农村地区的农业劳作相关。由于社会经济条件较差，他们被迫在农田里从事大量体力繁重的任务。本研究的主要目的是调查青春期前农业工人在各项农业活动中所采取的姿势，并分析与这些姿势相关的不适原因。随机挑选了50名青春期前男性和50名青春期前女性农业工人，并使用欧瓦科工作姿势分析系统（OWAS）进行了详细的姿势分析。结果发现，这些工人在某些农业活动中持续以别扭的姿势工作。因此，他们身体的不同部位出现了不适。尽管他们非常年轻，但未来很可能会患上严重的肌肉骨骼疾病。
