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A Systematic Review of Musculoskeletal Disorders (MSDs) Among Port Workers

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Advances in Social and Occupational Ergonomics (AHFE 2018)

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Musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) are common and costly health problems that inflict port workers around the globe. Given that MSDs are results of many interwoven factors and their prevalence rates vary among different body sites, this review study aims to investigating the causes, prevalence and intervention means for MSDs among port workers. The study entailed a sizeable search of academic databases. Based on reviewed literature, the present study summarized lower back as the most affected body part by MSDs, followed with lower back, neck, shoulder and joint among port workers. Further, ergonomic studies and applications designed to prevent and alleviate port-related MSDs are badly proposed.

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Li, G., Li, Y., Crag, B. (2019). A Systematic Review of Musculoskeletal Disorders (MSDs) Among Port Workers. In: Goossens, R. (eds) Advances in Social and Occupational Ergonomics. AHFE 2018. Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, vol 792. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-94000-7_21

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