Volume 24, Issue 102, March - April, 2020

Prevalence of Musculoskeletal Symptoms: An analysis after six weeks of exercise intervention at work place

Rakesh Tomar^♦, John Ainsworth Allen

King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals, Saudi Arabia

^♦Corresponding author
King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals, Dhahran, 31261, Saudi Arabia Email: rtau@rediffmail.com

ABSTRACT

The objective of study was to find an association between musculoskeletal symptoms after six weeks of exercise intervention in university employees. Thirteen university employees who were part of intervention group underwent 6 week of short term aerobic and resistance programme. Training was offered two times in week with resistance and aerobic training performed on alternate days. A non-parametric version of chi square was used to test association between prevalence of musculoskeletal symptoms at baseline and after six weeks of intervention. With regards to symptoms in past 12 months, Chi square analysis revealed significant association between prevalence of symptoms at baseline and after six weeks in following body parts; elbows (X2(1) = 6.4, p = 0.011), wrist/hand (X2(1) = 6.4, p = 0.011) and shoulders (X2(1) = 6.4, p = 0.011). No significant association was observed in prevalence of these symptoms in neck, shoulder, upper back, lower back, knee, hips and ankles before and after six weeks of intervention. During past 7 days chi square revealed significant difference in prevalence of musculoskeletal symptom in wrist/hand ((X2(1) = 6.4, p = 0.011) and shoulders (X2(1) = 6.4, p = 0.011) from baseline to 6 weeks of intervention. Six weeks of exercise intervention provided mixed results with regard to prevalence of musculoskeletal symptoms in university employees at work place. There was positive and significant reduction in symptoms in shoulder, elbow and wrists/hands.

Keywords: Workplace, Musculoskeletal Symptoms, Six Week Intervention

Medical Science, 2020, 24(102), 884-890

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