Effect of Therapeutic Exercises on Shoulder Dysfunction in VDT-related female Office Workers.
- Author:
Soon Seok CHOI
1
;
Kui Won JEONG
;
Sang Hwa URM
;
Soo Jin JEONG
;
Jong Tae LEE
;
Jin Ho CHUN
;
Chae Un LEE
;
Ki Taek PAE
Author Information
1. Department of Preventive Medicine, College of Medicine, Inje University, Korea.
- Publication Type:Original Article
- Keywords:
VDT-related female office workers;
Shoulder dysfunction;
Shoulder excercises;
Pain rating scale;
Disability questionnaire;
ROM scores of shoulder
- MeSH:
Accidents, Occupational;
Exercise*;
Female*;
Humans;
Korea;
Musculoskeletal Pain;
Surveys and Questionnaires;
Range of Motion, Articular;
Shoulder Pain;
Shoulder*;
Weights and Measures
- From:Korean Journal of Preventive Medicine
1998;31(2):228-239
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
Visual display terminal(VDT) is popular in majority of office in modern countries. Musculoskeletal pain due to repetitive work with VDT is a serious industrial accident at present. In recent studies, shoulder pain in VDT users is the most common problem in Korea. The purpose of this study was to evaluate and compare the effect of exercises on shoulder dysfunction in VDT-related female office workers. Of the l19 patients with shoulder dysfunction, 32 patients entered into the study. 16 patients(Group I) were not prescribed exercises, other 16 patients (Group II) performed throughout the specific shoulder exercises such as pendular exercises(forward, backward and circumduction) and sidelying external rotation exercises with weights. After 3 months of exercises, the two groups were compared in term of the pain rating scale, disability questionnaire score and range of motion score. The results were summarized as follows ; l. The pain rating scale in Group I before and after 3 months were not differenced significantly(p value=0.784) and in Group II, the scale before and after exercises were differenced significantly(p value=0.0005). 2. The disability, questionnaire scores in Group I before and after 3 months were not differenced significantly(p value=0.437) and in Group II, the scores before and after exercises were differenced significantly(p value=0.0002). 3. The ROM scores of the affected shoulder in Group I before and after 3 months were not differenced significantly(p value=0.876) and in Group II, the scores before and after exercises were differenced significantly(p value=0.0017). In conclusion, that the specific shoulder exercises on shoulder dysfunction in VDT-related female office workers are encouraged.
