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Musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) are one of the most common causes of occupational injuries and disability in industrialized nations and developing countries (1,2) which are the most common causes of work-related disabilities as a result of financial and medical costs (3). These disorders have a part of nearly 48% of all work-related diseases (1). Although, work has an essential role in community development in the areas of social and economic, working conditions can cause a lot of problems that one of them is a work-related physical disorder that decreases the work efficiency. This is mainly due to poor work health and its training among people. According to a general estimation, about 150 million people are involved in disorders that this figure is 4 times more than 20 years ago (4). Musculoskeletal disorders are injuries and diseases of the muscles, tendons, ligaments, joints, nerves, blood vessels and all support structures that are involved in the motion (5); that is usually caused by prolonged and/or A-R-T-I-C-L-EI-N-F-O A-B-S-T-R-A-C-T Article Notes: Received: Sep.1, 2016 Received in revised form: Nov.15, 2016 Accepted: Nov. 25, 2016 Available Online: Jan 1, 2017 Background & Aims of the Study: Musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) are part of the main occupational diseases in the workplace. Occupations such as hairdressers are exposed to multiple risk factors of these problems. The study was conducted to assess MSDs and posture analysis among female hairdressers in Tehran, 2015. Materials and Methods: In this cross-sectional research, 114 participants were studied. To collect data, demographic questionnaire, body map for assessment of MSDs and Postural Loading on the Upper Body Assessment (LUBA) method to evaluate postures was used. Also, data were analyzed by Mann-Whitney, Kruskal Wallis and Spearman correlation tests through SPSS-V20. Results: The mean and standard deviation of age and experience of the participants were5.34±8.9 and 10±8 years, respectively. In addition, they worked 9.8 hours per day on average. One hundred and thirteen (99.12%) persons have experienced the pain at least in one member of their musculoskeletal system. Most of hairdressers had reported leg, lower back, as well as neck and shoulder pain. According to the posture assessment, 94.2% of people experienced high risk of exposure to risk factors for MSDs. Conclusion: Findings showed MSDs are high among barbers. Also, the work situations require immediate correction. Correction of workstations and tools design, work rest cycle and reduction in repetitive motions can help to improve working conditions.

Musculoskeletal Disorders Assessment and Posture Analysis by LUBA among Female Hairdressers in Tehran, 2015