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Badminton injuries in youth competitive players

Goh SL, Mokhtar AH, Mohamad Ali MR

J Sports Med Phys Fitness, 2013 Feb;53(1):65-70.

The aim of the study was to examine sports injury pattern and establish cost of injuries in relation to training of 58 competitive badminton players in a Malaysian National Sports School.

Matched MeSH terms: Cumulative Trauma Disorders/epidemiology

Fulltext A survey on common injuries in recreational badminton players

Muttalib, A., Zaidi, M., Khoo, C.

Malays Orthop J, 2009;3(2):8-11.

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The aim of this descriotive study is to determine the incidence of injuries among recreational badminton players. We evaluated 86 recreational badminton players in the city of Malacca; 35 were excluded for fitting the exclusion criteria. The average recreational badminton player was 36.13 years old and had been playing badminton for the past 17.84 years at a frequency of 2.11 times per week. 39.21% of the recreational badminton players complained of recent injuries in relation to playing badminton. Our data showed that the most common injury sustained by recreational badminton players was pain and stiffness at the shoulder joint. None of the injuries sustained by the players in our data were serious enough to warrant any form of surgical intervention. We conclude that badminton is a sport of relatively low risk and that the majority of related injuries were chronic overuse injuries.

Matched MeSH terms: Cumulative Trauma Disorders

Fulltext Ergonomic task analysis in electronics industries: some case studies

Tan GL

J Hum Ergol (Tokyo), 1996 Jun;25(1):49-62.

PMID: 9551132 DOI: 10.11183/jhe1972.25.38

The analyses of a few tasks were carried out in an electronics factory. The main objectives are to identify the ergonomic and biomechanical hazards of problem work tasks, to analyze each task systematically in order to evaluate the workers' exposures to the risk factors of force, posture pressure and repetition and to make recommendations to reduce the risks and hazards. The methodology includes objective measures--detailed analysis by going through training manuals, job description and production records. Subjective measures include interviewing the operator and supervisors informally, the operators were also required to fill in a structured questionnaire. The paper concludes by making recommendations to reduce the ergonomic hazards by engineering solutions, redesign or administrative controls or the implementation of procedures.

Matched MeSH terms: Cumulative Trauma Disorders/etiology; Cumulative Trauma Disorders/prevention & control*

Fulltext Musculoskeletal injuries among Malaysian badminton players

Shariff AH, George J, Ramlan AA

Singapore Med J, 2009 Nov;50(11):1095-7.

PMID: 19960167

The purpose of this study was to investigate the pattern of musculoskeletal injuries sustained by Malaysian badminton players.

Matched MeSH terms: Cumulative Trauma Disorders/etiology; Cumulative Trauma Disorders/epidemiology*

Compressive radial neuropathy induced by 'hooking' manoeuvre in a tetraplegic person

Julia PE, Mazlina M, Nazirah H

Spinal Cord, 2011 Oct;49(10):1082-3.

PMID: 20877330 DOI: 10.1038/sc.2010.137

Case report.

Matched MeSH terms: Cumulative Trauma Disorders/diagnosis; Cumulative Trauma Disorders/etiology; Cumulative Trauma Disorders/physiopathology*

Ergonomic study on the manual component insertion lines for occupational health and safety improvements

Sen RN, Yeow PH

Int J Occup Saf Ergon, 2003;9(1):57-74.

PMID: 12636892

The study aimed at reducing the occupational health and safety problems faced by the manual component insertion operators. Subjective and objective assessments, and direct observations were made in the printed circuit assembly factory. Simple and low-cost ergonomic interventions were implemented, that is, repairing chairs, reducing high workloads, assigning operators to a maximum of 2 workstations, confining machines that emitted bad smell and much noise, and providing finger work aids. The results of the interventions were reductions in operators' work discomforts, that is, chair discomfort (by 90%), high work stress, and discomfort due to profound change in their workstations. Their health hazards were also eliminated, that is, inhalation of toxic fumes, exposure to too much noise, and pain due to pressing sharp components.

Matched MeSH terms: Cumulative Trauma Disorders/prevention & control*

Fulltext Survey of body part symptoms among workers in a car tyre service centre

Abd Rahman MN, Aziz FA, Yusuff RM

J Hum Ergol (Tokyo), 2010 Jun;39(1):53-6.

PMID: 21922791 DOI: 10.11183/jhe.39.53

The purpose of this study was to investigate the prevalence of body part symptoms and sources of injury/discomfort among workers in a car tyre service centre. Questionnaire survey and interview session were used to identify the level of body discomfort areas and sources of injury or discomfort. From questionnaire survey findings, 12 of respondents have body discomfort in the neck (66.7%%), shoulder (83.3%), elbow/forearm (75%), hand/wrist (91.7%), knee (58.3%), lower leg (75%), ankle/foot (33%) and lower back (30%). The main sources of injury/discomfort in the workplace were poor body posture (75%), bending the back (75%), highly repetitive motions (75%), lifting heavy objects (83.3%), the long-term standing (66.7%), long-term squatting (58.3%), bending the neck (66.7%) and high hand force (58.3%). About 50% reported that poor workplace design also contributed to injury while 41.7% mentioned the use of hand tools. To address modifying the ergonomic hazards, engineering controls and administrative controls can be used. The study will be useful to ergonomists, researchers, consultants, workshop managers, maintenance workers and others concerned with identifying body part symptoms and sources of injury/discomfort at the workplace.

Matched MeSH terms: Cumulative Trauma Disorders/prevention & control

Fulltext Bowling: Occupational Hazards of the Wrist and Hand in Elite Tenpin Bowlers

Lee YJ, Harmony T, Jamal-Azmi IS, Gunasagaran J, Ahmad TS

Malays Orthop J, 2021 Mar;15(1):113-118.

PMID: 33880157 DOI: 10.5704/MOJ.2103.017

Introduction: Bowling is an immensely popular, but scarcely researched sport associated with overuse injuries in its participants. The purpose of this study was to investigate and report on the incidence of common upper extremity complaints in elite bowling athletes.

Materials and methods: All Malaysian national level bowlers (n=39) were evaluated via questionnaire on their upper limb symptoms. A focused, relevant clinical examination was performed on each subject to exclude de Quervain's tenosynovitis, tennis and golfer's elbow, carpal tunnel syndrome and trigger finger. The athletes were then allowed to resume bowling for two hours before completing another symptom-related questionnaire.

Results: Pain was the predominantly observed symptom, with a predilection for the wrist, ring and middle fingers, and thumb. De Quervain's tenosynovitis was found in 53.8% (n=21) of the subjects, with 52.4% and 42.9% of them experiencing pain during and after training, respectively. Other repetitive injury-related disorders were also considerably more common than in their non-playing limb and the general population.

Conclusion: The incidence of de Quervain's tenosynovitis was exceptionally high in this population. Further studies on sports kinematics are needed to prevent long term morbidities in these athletes.

Matched MeSH terms: Cumulative Trauma Disorders

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