Improvement in Daily Life as Well as Working of Health Professionals with Body Postural Correction at Workplace: A Multicentre Study
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https://doi.org/10.21649/akemu.v32i1.5976Keywords:
Posture, standing, maladaptive posture, muscular disorder, muscle stiffness, health professionalsAbstract
Background: Good body posture plays vital role in our daily life. Habitual mal-postural patterns are associated with musculoskeletal pain. Adaptation of bad postures disturb our life patterns.
Objectives: The objective of this study was to find out the role of postural correction in maladapted health professionals and design guidelines for prevention of maladaptive postures at workplace.
Methods: Postures of health professionals were observed during work in this prospective cohort study at three leading Plastic surgery centers of Punjab, Pakistan from October 2023 to September 2024. Consistently maladapts were identified and individually contacted. After informed consent, mal-adaptive posture/s were noted and post work stiffness, pain, lethargy, irritability and socialization and eagerness to get back to work next day was scored. Postural correction instructed by the Physiotherapist and monitored for three months after which rescoring was done.
Results: Mean age of the subjects was 29.90±13.04 years the maximum 50 years and minimum 23 years of which 55% were females. Among them 37 were surgeons, 17 physicians, 21 Nurses. 4 dispensers, 8 OT technicians and 5 dressers. Most of the subjects (52%) were ectomorphic and shoulder droop, kyphosis, feet eversion, pelvic posterior tilt and feet broad base were the bad posture mainly observed. Pre and post intervention mean scoring about post work muscle stiffness, body aches, lethargy, irritability, socialization and eagerness to get back to work next day were found out. Eagerness to get back to work was having mean score 4±1.7 which improved to 6±2.3 after following postural instruction by the participants.
Conclusion: Correct body posture is one of the key factors for better performance at workplace among health professional.
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