Effect of working posture on back pain occurrence among electronic workers in Malaysia
Back pain remains a major work-related musculoskeletal disorder (WMSD) and has caused loss in individuals’ workdays and organisations’ productivity. Hence, this study compares muscular activities of the trapezius and erector spinae muscles of the back, in order to identify the onset of fatigue among...
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| author | Abdul Aziz, Roseni James, Adeyemi Ademola Abdul Kadir, Aini Zuhra Mohd. Rohani, Jafri Abdul Rani, Mat Rebi |
| author_facet | Abdul Aziz, Roseni James, Adeyemi Ademola Abdul Kadir, Aini Zuhra Mohd. Rohani, Jafri Abdul Rani, Mat Rebi |
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| description | Back pain remains a major work-related musculoskeletal disorder (WMSD) and has caused loss in individuals’ workdays and organisations’ productivity. Hence, this study compares muscular activities of the trapezius and erector spinae muscles of the back, in order to identify the onset of fatigue among standing and sitting electronics workers in Malaysia. Surface electromyography was used to evaluate the muscular activities in 11 electronics assembly workers, made up of six males and five females, continuously for one hour. Two measures, mean power frequency and average electromyography were used to identify the difference. Both measures indicated significant difference between the upper back muscles of standing and sitting workers, and more muscular activities were observed among sitting workers than the standing workers. However, the reduction in frequency was not significant enough to show fatigue among both standing and sitting workers. Hence, organisations should provide short breaks after every hour to reduce WMSD, and improve general wellbeing of the workers. |
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| spelling | utm.eprints-621582017-07-30T08:25:25Z http://eprints.utm.my/62158/ Effect of working posture on back pain occurrence among electronic workers in Malaysia Abdul Aziz, Roseni James, Adeyemi Ademola Abdul Kadir, Aini Zuhra Mohd. Rohani, Jafri Abdul Rani, Mat Rebi TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General) Back pain remains a major work-related musculoskeletal disorder (WMSD) and has caused loss in individuals’ workdays and organisations’ productivity. Hence, this study compares muscular activities of the trapezius and erector spinae muscles of the back, in order to identify the onset of fatigue among standing and sitting electronics workers in Malaysia. Surface electromyography was used to evaluate the muscular activities in 11 electronics assembly workers, made up of six males and five females, continuously for one hour. Two measures, mean power frequency and average electromyography were used to identify the difference. Both measures indicated significant difference between the upper back muscles of standing and sitting workers, and more muscular activities were observed among sitting workers than the standing workers. However, the reduction in frequency was not significant enough to show fatigue among both standing and sitting workers. Hence, organisations should provide short breaks after every hour to reduce WMSD, and improve general wellbeing of the workers. 2015 Conference or Workshop Item PeerReviewed Abdul Aziz, Roseni and James, Adeyemi Ademola and Abdul Kadir, Aini Zuhra and Mohd. Rohani, Jafri and Abdul Rani, Mat Rebi (2015) Effect of working posture on back pain occurrence among electronic workers in Malaysia. In: Procedia Manufacturing, 4-6 Feb, 2015, Indonesia. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2351978915000530 |
| spellingShingle | TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General) Abdul Aziz, Roseni James, Adeyemi Ademola Abdul Kadir, Aini Zuhra Mohd. Rohani, Jafri Abdul Rani, Mat Rebi Effect of working posture on back pain occurrence among electronic workers in Malaysia |
| title | Effect of working posture on back pain occurrence among electronic workers in Malaysia |
| title_full | Effect of working posture on back pain occurrence among electronic workers in Malaysia |
| title_fullStr | Effect of working posture on back pain occurrence among electronic workers in Malaysia |
| title_full_unstemmed | Effect of working posture on back pain occurrence among electronic workers in Malaysia |
| title_short | Effect of working posture on back pain occurrence among electronic workers in Malaysia |
| title_sort | effect of working posture on back pain occurrence among electronic workers in malaysia |
| topic | TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General) |
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