Psychosocial indicators among aircraft maintenance workers with and without neck and shoulder musculoskeletal symptoms
Autor: | Ana Beatriz Oliveira, Dechristian França Barbieri, Helen Cristina Nogueira, Ana Carolina Parise Diniz |
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Rok vydání: | 2012 |
Předmět: |
Adult
medicine.medical_specialty Aircraft Maintenance Physical examination Asymptomatic Young Adult Social support Shoulder Pain medicine Humans Young adult Internal-External Control Motivation Job content Neck Pain medicine.diagnostic_test business.industry Rehabilitation Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Social Support Occupational Diseases Physical therapy Lumbar spine Aircraft maintenance medicine.symptom business Psychosocial |
Zdroj: | Work. 41:5699-5701 |
ISSN: | 1875-9270 1051-9815 |
DOI: | 10.3233/wor-2012-1047-5699 |
Popis: | In the aircraft maintenance industry, most of workers performs manual handling tasks of different materials, varying from small objects up to large pieces of the aircraft. It can increase the occurrence of work-related musculoskeletal disorders (WMSDs), which are strongly associated with high physical demands required by the task. Moreover, psychosocial demands are considered as risk factors for musculoskeletal disorders in both the upper limbs and lumbar spine. Thus, the objective of this study was to assess psychosocial indicators among aircraft maintenance workers according to the presence of neck and shoulder musculoskeletal symptoms. Eighty workers of an aircraft maintenance company were evaluated (32.69 ± 8.25 years, 79.8 ± 13.4 kg, 175 ± 7 cm). According to physical examination, 50 workers were classified as asymptomatic (AS - 4.1 ± 3.17 positive signs) whilst 30 workers were classified as symptomatic (SS - 26.72 ± 11.44 positive signs). AS and SS have shown similar profile of demand (p = 0.62), control (p = 0.66) and social support (p = 0.74) according to the Job Content Questionnaire. However, the groups are different when considering work engagement variables. In general, SS have higher scores than AS (p < 0.05). |
Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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