Assessment of determinants of musculoskeletal pain (MSP) among medical students of government medical college, Rajnandgaon, Chhattisgarh
Journal Title: Medpulse International Journal of Community Medicine - Year 2018, Vol 5, Issue 2
Abstract
Background: “Musculoskeletal disorders’’ include a wide range of inflammatory and degenerative conditions affecting the muscles, tendons, ligaments, joints, peripheral nerves, and supporting blood vessels. Pain is the most common symptom of most musculoskeletal disorders. Areas commonly involved in musculoskeletal pain are low back, neck, shoulder, forearm, hand and lower extremity. Materials and Methods: The present cross sectional study was conducted among Medical College students of Rajnandgaon (Chhattisgarh) during the period September 2017 to October 2017. Universal sample of all the medical students currently studying in the college was considered for the study. Informed consent was implied if students voluntarily completed and returned the questionnaires. Data was recorded in MS EXCEL and checked for its completeness and correctness then it was analysed by suitable statistical software and P value < 0.05 was considered as a statistically significant. Observation: There were (51.5%) female and (48.4%) male medical students in the current study. (63.6%) subjects followed irregular pattern of physical activity where as some (25%) subjects followed regular pattern. Prevalence of the musculoskeletal pains among study subjects was found to be 12.9%. Most cases of musculoskeletal pains were reported in neck region (48.8%), followed by involvement of lower back (33.3%) shoulder (26.6%) upper back (20%) region. Conclusion: Prevalence of MSP among students was 19.2% and neck was the most common site involved. Students should be advised to maintain proper ergonomic positions while sitting in the class rooms, studying at home or in hostel, while using laptops or Smartphone and should undertake regular physical activity.
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Kiran G Makade, Dhiraj Bhawnani, Harshal Mendhe, Nitin Kamble, Monika Dengani
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