The Prevalence of Musculoskelet al Disorders and Posture Assessment by ART method in Mosaic art in Kerman city

• Main Authors: akram jafari rodbandi, akram karimi, hossein mardi, farshad nadri, hamed nadri
• Format: Article
• Language: fas
• Published: Neyshabur University of Medical Sciences 2014-05-01
• Series: Majallah-i Dānishkadah-i ̒ulūm-i Pizishkī-i Niyshābūr
• Subjects: Posture assessment; ART; Repetitive task assessment; Nordic questionnaire; musculoskelet al disorders; Mosaic art
• Online Access: http://journal.nums.ac.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-10-1-16&slc_lang=en&sid=1

Introduction and Aims: The workers of mosaic art are susceptible to musculoskelet al disorders due to various risk factors including body posture during work, repetition of movement, old and sometimes non-ergonomic tools. The aims of this study were estimating the prevalence of musculoskelet al disorder and assessment of body posture of workers in the mosaic workers in Kerman.Methods: In this study, calling out Kerman Office of Cultural Heritage, 16 mosaic workshops and 32 mosaic workers were selected. Standardized Nordic questionnaire were completed for 26 mosaic worker. Using hierarchical task analysis, task of the mosaic profession were analyzed. After using ART posture analysis method for assessment of repetitive task, body posture of worker were used. Data were analyzed by SPSS version 18.Results: In this study, 18 (69.2%) males and 8 (30.8%) female were selected The mean of age (year), work experience (year) and working hours per day (hours) were subsequently 6.6, 32.9 and 11.9, respectively The highest prevalence of musculoskelet al disorders during the past 12 months was in neck with a prevalence of (66.7%), upper back with prevalence of (63.2%). The results of the ART assessment method showed that, calculated risk scores for right and left hands in the mosaic career were not equal. And risk scores in all right hand's functions was higher than left hand's ones, that these results are consistent with the results of the Nordic questionnaire.Conclusion: The results of posture assessment indicated that body condition of right hand were more critical than left ones, and results of ART method confirm the Nordic questionnaire results.*Corresponding author: MSc Student in Occupational Health Engineering, member of Kerman Medical Student Research Committee. Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran.Email: [e-mail]