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Fizyoterapi Rehabilitasyon, vol.15, no.3, pp.114-119, 2004 (SCI-Expanded)
Purpose: The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of individual factors (such as age, sex, body mass index), physical workload and physical working environment on neck pain in computers users. Material and methods: The study was carried out on 103 subjects (71 females, 32 males), the average age of the subjects was 28.41 years (from 19 to 48). Individual characteristics, physical workload and working environment were evaluated in this study. Results: 41 (38.6%) of the subjects had neck pain. We found that sex, physical workload, working posture were risk factors for neck pain (p<0.05). However, no significant correlation was between age, obesity, professional experience, smoking, physical exercise and neck pain (p>0.05). A significant correlation was found between neck pain and some working environmental parameters such as keyboard distance to table edge, working distance, monitor to eye level (p<0.05). There was no significant correlation between the neck pain and other working environment parameters (the computer desk height, leg room, seat length, length of back support, monitor tilt, etc.) (p>0.05). Conclusion: The results emphasize that musculoskeletal pain is influenced by many factors including individual factors, physical workload, working posture and ergonomic working environment.