Department of Technology Fundamentals, University of Life Sciences in Lublin, Poland.
Institute of Rural Health, Lublin, Poland.
Ann Agric Environ Med. 2024 Sep 25;31(3):417-425. doi: 10.26444/aaem/186214. Epub 2024 Apr 5.
The profession of a physiotherapist is associated with various risks related to manual work, repetitive activities, an uncomfortable prolonged position of joints in some body postures forced by the work, and the standing position, which all impose considerable load on the upper and lower extremities and the spine. The aim of the study was to analyse ailments reported by physiotherapists in relation to their age, gender, seniority, the number of working hours per day, and body position during work.
The study involved 120 physiotherapists working in various types of employment. The research was carried out using an author-design questionnaire based on the Nordic Musculoskeletal Questionnaire. The occurrence of the ailments was analysed in relation to respondents' age, gender, seniority, number of working hours per day, and body position during work. An analysis of the relationships between the variables was carried out. The analysis of qualitative variables was performed using the χ2 test.
The results showed that the majority of physiotherapists complained of fatigue (78.8%), leg pain (61.9%), spine pain (60.2%), headache (59.3%), and shoulder pain (52.5%). It was shown that such symptoms as fatigue, dizziness, leg pain, finger pain, headache, wrist pain, drowsiness, and numbness, were correlated with age.
The pain symptoms reported by the surveyed physiotherapists affected different parts of the body and appeared with different frequency and intensity. The majority of the physiotherapists declared problems with the lower spine, neck, wrists, hands, upper spine, and shoulders. Thigh pain was the most commonly reported symptom, whereas neck pain was reported the least frequently. The lower spine and ankles were indicated as body areas with the most severe and the weakest pain, respectively.
物理治疗师的职业与与手工工作、重复性活动、某些由工作强制的身体姿势中关节的不舒适长时间位置以及站立姿势相关的各种风险有关，这些都会对上下肢和脊柱造成相当大的负担。本研究的目的是分析与年龄、性别、工作年限、每天工作小时数以及工作时的身体姿势有关的物理治疗师报告的疾病。
该研究涉及在各种类型工作环境中工作的 120 名物理治疗师。研究使用了基于北欧肌肉骨骼问卷的作者设计问卷进行。分析了与受访者年龄、性别、工作年限、每天工作小时数以及工作时的身体姿势相关的疾病发生情况。对变量之间的关系进行了分析。定性变量的分析采用了卡方检验。
结果表明，大多数物理治疗师抱怨疲劳（78.8%）、腿部疼痛（61.9%）、脊柱疼痛（60.2%）、头痛（59.3%）和肩部疼痛（52.5%）。表明疲劳、头晕、腿部疼痛、手指疼痛、头痛、手腕疼痛、困倦和麻木等症状与年龄有关。
被调查的物理治疗师报告的疼痛症状影响身体的不同部位，出现的频率和强度也不同。大多数物理治疗师报告下脊柱、颈部、手腕、手部、上脊柱和肩部有问题。大腿疼痛是最常报告的症状，而颈部疼痛是最少报告的症状。下脊柱和脚踝分别是疼痛最严重和最轻微的身体部位。
