Most common sitting posture of bank office workers with mechanical low back pain in East West Bank head office Makati City

Date of Completion

2007

Document Type

Thesis

Degree Name

Bachelor of Science in Physical Therapy

Keywords

Posture, Low Back Pain, Sitting Position

Abstract

Bank office workers spend an integral part of their working hours in sitting. Studies have shown the risk that are bought by prolonged sitting and the importance of maintaining good working posture. Physical therapist will likely encounter patients that may complain of pain that is due to the nature of work such as mechanical low back pain. The study aimed to determine common sitting posture assumed on the neck, trunk and legs of bank office workers with mechanical low back pain in East West Bank head office - Makati city. The study aimes to give ample knowledge in the common sitting posture of bank office workers that may predispose to work-related disorders such as mechanical low back pain. the objective are to determine socio-demographic profile of the subjects, work history, working environment, common sitting posture assumed, and plan of action needed. This is a descriptive type of research. The researcher used the rapid upper limb assessment tool to determine the common sitting posture assumed by the bank office workers. Purposive sampling is utilized where 19 subjects qualified for the study. Most of the subjects with mechancal low back pain were under the age group of 33 to 35 years old and majority was female. Equal number of subjects was found to spend eight hours in sitting during work. All the subjects used the adjustable type of chair and majority uses table at the same level as the abdomen. The results of the study also showed that bank office workers of East West Bank are the risk for having mechanical low back pain due to the sitting posture that they usually assume which is in range of 0 to 20 degrees and unsupported not preserving the curves of the spine and predisposed the subjects to mechanical low back pain. A neck posture of 20 degrees plus and feet unsupported and not well balanced were also assumed by bank office workers which are not ideal posture for the neck and legs. The grand score obtained from RULA indicates that it must be investigated further signifies that the subjects who already experiences mechanical low back pain are in an even higher risk if intervention or investigation will not be proceeded. in conclusion, the most common sitting posture assumed by bank office workers with mechanical low back pain in East-West Bank Head Office is 20 degrees plus neck flesion, 0 to 20 degrees of trunk flesion with their feet not well-supported and not well balanced.

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