TY - JOUR AU - Rehman, Rehana AU - Khan, Rakhshaan AU - Khan, Hira AU - Surti, Ambreen PY - 2014/07/25 Y2 - 2024/03/29 TI - Ergonomic education – A tool to maintain health JF - Journal of Postgraduate Medical Institute JA - J Postgrad Med Inst VL - 28 IS - 3 SE - Original Article DO - UR - https://www.jpmi.org.pk/index.php/jpmi/article/view/1617 SP - AB - <p><strong>Objective</strong>: To identify the occurrence of leg pain amongst computer users and assess its relation to age, sex, occupation and duration of computer use.</p> <p><strong>Methodology</strong>: It was a cross sectional study conducted from January till December 2011. A self reported questionnaire tailored with Occupational Health and Safety Act of the Ministry of Labor, Ontario, Canada was used. Participants were randomly selected; responses analyzed by SPSS software version 15. Chi square test was applied to results and considered significant with p value &lt;0.05</p> <p><strong>Results</strong>: A total of 416 participants responded with mean age of 34.87±8.78 years. There were 231(55.5 %) males. Out of 416, 123(29.5%) participants had work related leg symptoms [66(15.8%) male and 57 (13.7%) female]. Occurrence of leg pain within one to two hours of consecutive work was significantly more in 26-35 and 36-45 year age groups. Postural changes incorporated through frequent short breaks improved leg symptoms in between eight to nine out of ten participants (104/123). The improvement was significantly more in 26-35 and 36-45 year age groups. Leg symptoms showed no relation with the length of computer usage or daily usage or between both sex and working groups.</p> <p><strong>Conclusion</strong>: Leg pain/tingling/numbness is an early sign of repetitive injuries that can be timely addressed by ergonomic education and improving postural health through short breaks.</p><p> </p> ER -