Prevalence of Neck Pain and Associated Factors with Personal Charateristics, Physical Workloads and Pyschosocial Among Male Rubber Workers in FELDA Settlement Malaysia
Author(s) -
Chow Li Shan,
Mohd Yusoff Adon,
Anita Binti Abd Rahman,
Syed Tajuddin Syed Hassan,
Kamal Bin Ismail
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
global journal of health science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1916-9744
pISSN - 1916-9736
DOI - 10.5539/gjhs.v4n1p94
Subject(s) - settlement (finance) , medicine , neck pain , business , alternative medicine , pathology , finance , payment
Rubber tapping processes posed potential risk of various health problems among rubber workers. It ranges from simple musculoskeletal aches to more serious and complicated structural damage to bone, muscles, tendons and nerves of musculoskeletal system. These health problems might be linked directly to the arduous demands of farm labor.
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