Carta A, Parmigiani F, Parrinello G, Porru S
Dipartimento di Medicina Sperimentale ed Applicata , Sezione di Medicina del Lavoro ed Igiene Industriale, Università degli Studi di Brescia.
G Ital Med Lav Ergon. 2007 Jul-Sep;29(3 Suppl):583-4.
Only few studies focused on musculoskeletal disorders (MSD) among physiotherapists (PT). The study population consisted of 50 PT and 50 clerical workers belonging to the same three rehabilitation hospitals in Northern Italy. The participants filled in a specifically designed questionnaire focused on risk factors, symptoms and diseases related to MSD. Data were self reported. Preliminary data show a significantly higher prevalence of low back symptoms (70%) and upper limb symptoms (36%) in PT than controls (16% and 4% respectively). PT had a higher prevalence of lumbar disk degeneration (20%), shoulder disorders (14%), wrist and hand tendinopathy (10%) than clerical workers (4% and 2% respectively). Both PT and clerical workers attributed their cervical symptoms to work (85% and 95% respectively). Only PT believed that low back and upper limb symptoms were work related (83% and 94% respectively). Our survey supported the findings that PT have e high prevalence of MSD. Specific preventive intervention should be applied to reduce risk of work related MSD.
仅有少数研究关注物理治疗师（PT）中的肌肉骨骼疾病（MSD）。研究对象包括意大利北部同三家康复医院的50名物理治疗师和50名文职人员。参与者填写了一份专门设计的问卷，内容聚焦于与MSD相关的危险因素、症状和疾病。数据为自我报告。初步数据显示，物理治疗师中腰痛症状（70%）和上肢症状（36%）的患病率显著高于对照组（分别为16%和4%）。物理治疗师腰椎间盘退变（20%）、肩部疾病（14%）、手腕和手部肌腱病（10%）的患病率高于文职人员（分别为4%和2%）。物理治疗师和文职人员都将他们的颈部症状归因于工作（分别为85%和95%）。只有物理治疗师认为腰痛和上肢症状与工作有关（分别为83%和94%）。我们的调查支持了物理治疗师中MSD患病率较高的这一发现。应采取特定的预防干预措施以降低与工作相关的MSD风险。
