PREVALENCE OF NECK AND LOW BACK PAIN AND ITS ASSOCIATED RISK FACTORS AMONG TEXTILE INDUSTRY WORKERS

Abstract

I n t r o d u c t i o n Musculoskeletal symptoms due to industrial work have become a source of increasing concern in the past decades.1 It has resulted in increased suffering in people as well as economic problems for the government and employees. Round about 20 to 60 million people are employees in textile industries worldwide. The global textile manufacturing was estimated at around 872 billion USD in 2017 and is expected to be 1237.1 billion USD by 2025. In third world countries, the textile industry is one of the major sources to provide employment and reduce poverty as many foreign investors are interested to invest in the textile industry in such financial unstable countries because of the cheap labour.2 To get benefit from the textile industry, the labour worker of such countries must be physically healthy because if they will be healthy then they can work energetically and can play a vital role in the development of their nation as well as can support their families.3 ORIGINAL ARTICLE