THE PREVALENCE OF MUSCULOSKELETAL DISORDERS AND THEIR ASSOCIATION WITH RISK FACTORS IN AUTO RICKSHAW DRIVERS - A SURVEY IN GUNTUR CITY

Background and Purpose: Musculoskeletal disorders represent largest category of work related illness in India. Variety of internal and external factors leads to postural stress in vehicle drivers that affects the functioning of musculoskeletal system. Vibration, studied extensively among various ris...

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Main Authors: Rahul Shaik, Christie Kiran Gotru, Chintada Ganapathi Swamy, R. Sandeep
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: IJPHY 2014-04-01
Series:International Journal of Physiotherapy
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Online Access:https://www.ijphy.org/view_issue.php?title=THE-PREVALENCE-OF-MUSCULOSKELETAL-DISORDERS-AND-THEIR-ASSOCIATION-WITH-RISK-FACTORS-IN-AUTO-RICKSHAW-DRIVERS-A-SURVEY-IN-GUNTUR-CITY