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- Title
Work-related musculoskeletal disorders in Korean farmers.
- Authors
Chul Gab Lee
- Abstract
This paper evaluates the current state of work-related musculoskeletal disorders of Korean farmers. Korean farmers are exposed to a multitude of ergonomic risk factors, and have high rates of musculoskeletal disorders such as backpain and knee osteoarthritis, while hip osteoarthritis is relatively low. As of 2010, the average age of Korean farmers is 62.3, and the average period of their work in agriculture is 33.3 years. Therefore, it is difficult to distinguish the influence of natural aging and farm work on the development of musculoskeletal disorders. It is necessary to conduct research on a correlation between specific diagnosis such as rotator cuff syndrome, and farm work in general because farmers complain of a great deal of pain.
- Publication
Journal of the Korean Medical Association / Taehan Uisa Hyophoe Chi, 2012, Vol 55, Issue 11, p1054
- ISSN
1975-8456
- Publication type
Academic Journal
- DOI
10.5124/jkma.2012.55.11.1054