الفهرس 
Preveleance of work related musculoskeletal disorders among Egyptian otorhinolaryngologist
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Abstract
Background: Otorhinolaryngologists are known to be prone to work related musculoskeletal disorders but its prevalence among otorhinolaryngologists in Egypt has not been reported yet. Purpose: To investigate the prevalence of work related musculoskeletal disorders and to investigate relationship between risk factors and musculoskeletal disorders among Egyptian otorhinolaryngologists.Methods:Two hundered twenty five otorhinolaryngologists were recruited from educational and Cairo university hospitals their ages ranged from 26:55years ,All were given Dutch musculoskeletal questionnaire to answer the questions.Results: In the current study, it was found that the higher prevalence of disorders were at neck region(55.1%), shoulder(49.33), upper back(44.4%),knee(37.7%),lower back (35.1%), wrist and hand(22.6%),hip(22.6%), foot and ankle(19.11%),elbow(14.67).There is significant of pain in many parts of body during twisted posture with neck,twisted posture with trunk ,twisted posture with wrist and during holding arm above shoulder .Conclusion: The prevalence of work related musculoskeletal disorders among otorhinolaryngologists in Egypt is near to the values reported for the counterparts around the world