Prevalence of Postural Abnormalities and Musculoskeletal Disorders in Ships Staff

Providing information about the prevalence of postural abnormalities and musculoskeletal disorders can be effective in designing preventive programs. The purpose of present study was to investigate the prevalence of postural abnormalities and musculoskeletal disorders among ships staff.

In present study, posture and musculoskeletal condition of 207 individual of ships staff were investigated. For postural and musculoskeletal evaluation of ships staff New York posture rating scale and Nordic questionnaire were used, respectively.

There was a significant difference among the prevalence of postural abnormalities (x2 =429.86, p=0.001), and musculoskeletal disorders (x2 =302.07, p=0.001), in different parts of the body of ships staff.

Postural deformities and musculoskeletal disorders are prevalent among ships staff. Lumbar hyperlordosis deformity and disorder in low back are the most prevalent postural deformity and disorder among ships staff.