Relationship between Musculoskeletal Disorders and Anthropometric Measurements in Security Guards Working in Krishna Hospital, Karad

BACKGROUND Musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) are very common amongst security guards. MSD is the main cause for the increase in rate of absenteeism. MSDs are formed gradually in people who have inappropriate position while working. In view of the fact that the security guards continuously stand in a static posture for most of the time, MSDs are progressively formed over time, and this may have considerable impact on their personal and social life. This study was helpful to find out the level of health problems and stress associated with MSDs and techniques to reduce these risk factors among the security guards which are related to work. We wanted to find out the relationship between Musculoskeletal disorders and anthropometric measurements in security guards in this study. METHODS It is an observational study with total 90 male participants. Participants belonging to the age group of 25 – 60 yrs. and working for 6 to 12 hours daily were included. Participants with recent history of trauma, fracture, surgical, and local and systemic infections were excluded. A Nordic musculoskeletal questionnaire was used and anthropometric measurements were taken. RESULTS The obtained results revealed that out of 90 subjects, 96.6 % had musculoskeletal disorders in various areas while 3.3 % did not complain of any musculoskeletal discomfort in any area. There is positive correlation between body mass index, height, weight, age, and the musculoskeletal disorders. CONCLUSIONS Study results concluded that there is relationship between the musculoskeletal disorders and anthropometric measurements in security guards. KEY WORDS Musculoskeletal Disorders, Anthropometric Measurements, Correlation, Security Guards, Body Mass Index