Prevelance of Cervical Pain in Make-up Artist and Hair Dressers of Lahore
Amirah Zafar, Mehwish Niaz, Saad Kamal Akhtar, Umar Sadiq, Shakeela Rasheed
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ABSTRACT
Background: The overall incidence
of cervical pain in makeup artists is well known. In our study we attempted to
work on the prevalence of cervical pain among make-up artist and hair dressers due
to prolong consecutive working hours and awkward body posture.
Purpose: The sole purpose of
this research was to find the prevalence of cervical pain among make-up artist
and hair dressers while performing their make-up and hair cutting for consecutive
long working hours.
Method.It was a
cross-sectional study design. 150 participants were taken and it includes
makeup artists, hair dressers.Non-probability Convenient Sampling technique was
used and the main target population age lies between 25-40 years.The inclusion
criteria were25-40 years age,both genders are included, more than 8-9
consecutive working hours in salon, static posture for long period of time and
use of Dominant hand. The Exclusion criteria wastraumatic injury to cervical,
Fracture, Tumors,Cervical spondylosis, Recent surgery,Cervical rib, working
hours less than inclusion criteria.
Results: Out of 150 workers
37.33% of workers were suffering from mild cervical pain, 22% of workers had
moderate pain and 0.67% of workers were suffering from very severe pain. In 40%
of individuals sleep was occasionally disturbed and 38.6% of workers reported
of experiencing numbness in arms.
Conclusion: This study
demonstrates that make-up artist and hairdressers have cervical pain and
numbness in arms due to prolong working hours which ultimately affect their
ergonomics and posture of neck and body. These consecutive long working hours
and use of dominant hand cause strain in cervical muscles which alsolimit the
neck movements.
Keywords: Cervical pain,
Incidence, Ergonomics, Mechanics, Salon workers, Prevalence.
ABSTRACT
Background: The overall incidence
of cervical pain in makeup artists is well known. In our study we attempted to
work on the prevalence of cervical pain among make-up artist and hair dressers due
to prolong consecutive working hours and awkward body posture.
Purpose: The sole purpose of
this research was to find the prevalence of cervical pain among make-up artist
and hair dressers while performing their make-up and hair cutting for consecutive
long working hours.
Method.It was a
cross-sectional study design. 150 participants were taken and it includes
makeup artists, hair dressers.Non-probability Convenient Sampling technique was
used and the main target population age lies between 25-40 years.The inclusion
criteria were25-40 years age,both genders are included, more than 8-9
consecutive working hours in salon, static posture for long period of time and
use of Dominant hand. The Exclusion criteria wastraumatic injury to cervical,
Fracture, Tumors,Cervical spondylosis, Recent surgery,Cervical rib, working
hours less than inclusion criteria.
Results: Out of 150 workers
37.33% of workers were suffering from mild cervical pain, 22% of workers had
moderate pain and 0.67% of workers were suffering from very severe pain. In 40%
of individuals sleep was occasionally disturbed and 38.6% of workers reported
of experiencing numbness in arms.
Conclusion: This study
demonstrates that make-up artist and hairdressers have cervical pain and
numbness in arms due to prolong working hours which ultimately affect their
ergonomics and posture of neck and body. These consecutive long working hours
and use of dominant hand cause strain in cervical muscles which alsolimit the
neck movements.
Keywords: Cervical pain,
Incidence, Ergonomics, Mechanics, Salon workers, Prevalence.