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Evaluation of two ergonomics intervention programs in reducing ergonomic risk factors of musculoskeletal disorder among school children.

An intervention study was done from February 2009 until August 2009 with the objective of investigating the effectiveness of two ergonomics intervention programs in reducing ergonomic risk factors among 229 school children in 2nd Grade (age 8 years) and 5th Grade (age 11 years) in three schools. Gro...

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Main Authors: Ismail, Syazwan Aizat, Mohd Tamrin, Shamsul Bahri, Baharudin, Mohd Rafee, Mohd. Noor, Mohamad Azhar, Juni, Muhamad Hanafiah, Jalaludin, Juliana, Hashim, Zailina
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Published: Medwell Publishing 2010
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spelling oai:psasir.upm.edu.my:14617 http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/14617/ Evaluation of two ergonomics intervention programs in reducing ergonomic risk factors of musculoskeletal disorder among school children. Ismail, Syazwan Aizat Mohd Tamrin, Shamsul Bahri Baharudin, Mohd Rafee Mohd. Noor, Mohamad Azhar Juni, Muhamad Hanafiah Jalaludin, Juliana Hashim, Zailina An intervention study was done from February 2009 until August 2009 with the objective of investigating the effectiveness of two ergonomics intervention programs in reducing ergonomic risk factors among 229 school children in 2nd Grade (age 8 years) and 5th Grade (age 11 years) in three schools. Group 1 (G1) assigned to one school, which implemented the ergonomically design furniture in their class (among 2nd and 5th grade students), Group 2 (G2) from other school implemented ergonomics program with intensive health promotion toward ergonomic awareness consisted with exercising and education to reduce MSD, while Group 3 from another school selected as Control Group (Cx). Musculoskeletal symptoms were recorded using modified nordiq body map questionnaires. Modified Rapid Upper Limb Assessment (RULA) was used to assess the awkward posture of the school children. Ergonomic awareness test performed namely Ergonomic Quiz (EQ) to evaluate the awareness level before and after ergonomic intervention programs. Tanita weight measurement was used to measure school bag weight and students' weight. Weight of the bag, RULA score and EQ were used as main indicator to analyze the effectiveness of programs to reduce ergonomic risks. A significant reduction of RULA score among sub-sample students and mean bag weight observed among G1<G2 and Cx indicate the ergonomic risk were reduce accordingly. Higher EQ score recorded among G1 students compared to G2 and Cx but the result were insignificant. The implementation of ergonomically design furniture in classroom able to reduce risk and reported MSD symptoms. Medwell Publishing 2010 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/14617/1/Evaluation%20of%20two%20ergonomics%20intervention%20programs%20in%20reducing%20ergonomic%20risk%20factors%20of%20musculoskeletal%20disorder%20among%20school%20children2.pdf Ismail, Syazwan Aizat and Mohd Tamrin, Shamsul Bahri and Baharudin, Mohd Rafee and Mohd. Noor, Mohamad Azhar and Juni, Muhamad Hanafiah and Jalaludin, Juliana and Hashim, Zailina (2010) Evaluation of two ergonomics intervention programs in reducing ergonomic risk factors of musculoskeletal disorder among school children. Research Journal of Medical Sciences, 4 (1). pp. 1-10. ISSN 1815-9346; ESSN : 1993-6095 10.3923/rjmsci.2010.1.10 English
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description An intervention study was done from February 2009 until August 2009 with the objective of investigating the effectiveness of two ergonomics intervention programs in reducing ergonomic risk factors among 229 school children in 2nd Grade (age 8 years) and 5th Grade (age 11 years) in three schools. Group 1 (G1) assigned to one school, which implemented the ergonomically design furniture in their class (among 2nd and 5th grade students), Group 2 (G2) from other school implemented ergonomics program with intensive health promotion toward ergonomic awareness consisted with exercising and education to reduce MSD, while Group 3 from another school selected as Control Group (Cx). Musculoskeletal symptoms were recorded using modified nordiq body map questionnaires. Modified Rapid Upper Limb Assessment (RULA) was used to assess the awkward posture of the school children. Ergonomic awareness test performed namely Ergonomic Quiz (EQ) to evaluate the awareness level before and after ergonomic intervention programs. Tanita weight measurement was used to measure school bag weight and students' weight. Weight of the bag, RULA score and EQ were used as main indicator to analyze the effectiveness of programs to reduce ergonomic risks. A significant reduction of RULA score among sub-sample students and mean bag weight observed among G1<G2 and Cx indicate the ergonomic risk were reduce accordingly. Higher EQ score recorded among G1 students compared to G2 and Cx but the result were insignificant. The implementation of ergonomically design furniture in classroom able to reduce risk and reported MSD symptoms.
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author Ismail, Syazwan Aizat
Mohd Tamrin, Shamsul Bahri
Baharudin, Mohd Rafee
Mohd. Noor, Mohamad Azhar
Juni, Muhamad Hanafiah
Jalaludin, Juliana
Hashim, Zailina
spellingShingle Ismail, Syazwan Aizat
Mohd Tamrin, Shamsul Bahri
Baharudin, Mohd Rafee
Mohd. Noor, Mohamad Azhar
Juni, Muhamad Hanafiah
Jalaludin, Juliana
Hashim, Zailina
Evaluation of two ergonomics intervention programs in reducing ergonomic risk factors of musculoskeletal disorder among school children.
author_facet Ismail, Syazwan Aizat
Mohd Tamrin, Shamsul Bahri
Baharudin, Mohd Rafee
Mohd. Noor, Mohamad Azhar
Juni, Muhamad Hanafiah
Jalaludin, Juliana
Hashim, Zailina
author_sort Ismail, Syazwan Aizat
title Evaluation of two ergonomics intervention programs in reducing ergonomic risk factors of musculoskeletal disorder among school children.
title_short Evaluation of two ergonomics intervention programs in reducing ergonomic risk factors of musculoskeletal disorder among school children.
title_full Evaluation of two ergonomics intervention programs in reducing ergonomic risk factors of musculoskeletal disorder among school children.
title_fullStr Evaluation of two ergonomics intervention programs in reducing ergonomic risk factors of musculoskeletal disorder among school children.
title_full_unstemmed Evaluation of two ergonomics intervention programs in reducing ergonomic risk factors of musculoskeletal disorder among school children.
title_sort evaluation of two ergonomics intervention programs in reducing ergonomic risk factors of musculoskeletal disorder among school children.
publisher Medwell Publishing
publishDate 2010
url http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/14617/1/Evaluation%20of%20two%20ergonomics%20intervention%20programs%20in%20reducing%20ergonomic%20risk%20factors%20of%20musculoskeletal%20disorder%20among%20school%20children2.pdf
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