Musculoskeletal Disorders of the Handmade Drinks Workers: A Case Report

Abstract

This case study preliminarily collected 60 Nordic Musculoskeletal Questionnaire (NMQ) data of workers from handmade drinks stores to understand their discomforts on various body sites. The NMQ results indicate that the overall prevalence of musculoskel-etal disorders was 88.0% within 1-year. In terms of discomfort, 66.4% of the respondents experienced discomfort at hands/wrists, followed by lower back/waist (41.5%), knees (38.2%), and shoulders (36.5%). The discomfort level of hands/wrists was significantly affected by the gender (female) and the weekly work days (> 5 days). The impact on the knees was the age (≤ 22 yrs) and the rest time arrangement (no), and the impact on the shoulders included the job tenure (> 2 yrs), the daily work hours (> 6 hrs), and the daily shaking cups (> 100 cups). The findings of this study can be served as references for the prevention from the musculoskeletal disorders resulting from the drinks handmade task.