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The purpose of this study were to investigate musculoskeletal disorders state among some manufacturing workers and the necessity of industrial physical therapist. The relationship between the self-reported musculoskeletal symptoms and related factors among workers in manufacturing industries. Information on general characteristics, occupational characteristics, and musculoskeletal symptoms were obtained by a self-administered questionnaire between July and October in 2004, from 104 workers in Gimhae City and Ulsan City. The data were analyzed by descriptive analysis, crosstabs analysis, and
χ2-test using SPSS PC Version 10.0 for Windows program. The result were as follows;
1. The prevalence of occupational musculoskeletal disorders on shoulds are topping for 50.0%, hand/wrist is followed for 46.2%, leg/foot 41.4%, low back 39.7%, neck 33.7%, and arm/elbow 26.9%.
2. The pain degree of the standard of among a characteristic connected with it in relation to occupational musculoskeletal disorders is in order of answer, middle, low, severe, absence, highly severe. And the most people gain musculoskeletal disorders in the workplace than out of workplace.
3. The treatment time among experienced of treatment is, in order of answer, after work time, holiday, work time.
4. The kind of worker were treated for physical therapy is, in order of electrical therapy, exercise therapy, hydrotherapy.
5. The leaving work early by musculoskeletal pain is 12.5%, temporary retirement from workplace by musculoskeletal pain is 3.8%.
6. The difficulty things by work were difference between difficulty by work and the following others; existence of pain within one week, reasons of not to treat, bad effects that workers stress to transfer from workplace to hospital, existence of work difficulty problem with commuting treatment, physical effort for work, overload work, work in the uncomfortable position, repetitions of work.
7. The results reveal that it were difference between difficulty by work and the following others; existence of pain within one week, reasons of not to treat, bad effects that workers stress to transfer from workplace to hospital, existence of work difficulty problem with commuting treatment, physical effort for work, overload work, work in the uncomfortable position, work repetitions.
8. The most profit number to the physical therapist in workplace was, in order of answer 2, 3, 1, 5, 4 persons and the others.
The further studies would be continue to musculoskeletal disorders state among several manufacturing workers and the necessity of physical therapy room in a workplace. We not only study from a physical therapist's point of view this research, but also study from a workers point of view of asking for help treatment. It is necessity to study about standard evaluation form for industrially developed musculoskeletal disorders.