Naslov
OCCUPATIONAL KINESIOLOGY: ADMINISTRATIVE WORKERS

Autori
Nakić, Josipa

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Radovi u zbornicima skupova, cjeloviti rad (in extenso), znanstveni

Izvornik
8th International Professional and Scientific Conference “Occupational Safety and Health” / Kirin, Snježana ; Štedul, Ivan ; Bubaš, Marija - Karlovac : Veleučilište u Karlovcu, 2022, 75-89

Skup
8. međunarodni stručno-znanstveni skup "Zaštita na radu i zaštita zdravlja"

Mjesto i datum
Zadar, Hrvatska, 21.09.2022. - 24.09.2022

Vrsta sudjelovanja
Pozvano predavanje

Vrsta recenzije
Međunarodna recenzija

Ključne riječi
occupational kinesiology, postural and movement habits, musculoskeletal disorder, exercise.

Sažetak
Objective: One of the most significant characteristics of an administrative worker's tasks is sitting and working at a computer. When sitting and working at a computer, workers endure stato-dynamic efforts. Stato-dynamic efforts in the workplace of an administrative worker can cause the occurrence and progression of musculoskeletal disorders, or diseases of the locomotor system. The stato-dynamic efforts of administrative workers should be observed quantitatively and qualitatively. Current practice shows that, when talking about prevention of musculoskeletal disorders in work processes, emphasis is placed on the quantity of work. High workload certainly does not have a positive effect on the health of the locomotor system, but it is also wrong to assume workload is the sole and main culprit for all musculoskeletal disorders. In order to truly claim that administrative workers have some form of musculoskeletal disorders due to the high quantity of sitting and working, it is first necessary to determine whether the worker performs movements and postures in the right way, i.e., whether the quality factors are met. If the worker does not perform these postures and movements in the right way, then the quantity of work cannot be treated as the sole and/or main culprit. Occupational kinesiology looks at the prevention of musculoskeletal disorders primarily through improvement of performance quality of postures and movements during work through educating workers about proper postural movement habits in the workplace. Incorrect postural movement habits are one of the factors that strongly influence the occurrence and progression of musculoskeletal disorders of administrative workers. In the previous sentence, the key word is "habit." Incorrect postural movement habits lead to the appearance of structural and functional changes in anatomical structures, which in combination with the natural aging process, genetic predispositions and other psychosocial factors result in the gradual appearance of degenerative changes in the musculoskeletal system. Precisely with the aim of preventing the occurrence and progression of musculoskeletal disorders of administrative workers, the Ministry of Labor, Pension System, Family and Social Policy - Directorate for Labor and Occupational Safety, within the project "Development of e learning, management and monitoring of occupational safety", co-financed by the European Social Fund, carried out educational and preventive activities aimed at preventing musculoskeletal disorders. The outcomes of these activities are as follows: • Implementation of research and preparation of a study entitled Occupational kinesiology: Relationship between posture and movement habits and prevalence of musculoskeletal disorders of administrative workers • Development of a manual for administrative workers on proper postural movement habits and exercise entitled Occupational kinesiology: Proper postural movement habits and exercises with the aim of maintaining health of the musculoskeletal system of administrative workers 75 8th International Professional and Scientific Conference OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH 21-24 September 2022 Zadar, Croatia 2 The aim of this research in the field of occupational kinesiology is to determine the prevalence and localization of musculoskeletal disorder symptoms and postural movement habits in the workplace among administrative workers in Croatia. The problem of this research is to determine the possible connection between postural movement habits and the prevalence of musculoskeletal disorder symptoms of administrative workers employed in Croatia. Based on the results of the research, the manual "OCCUPATIONAL KINESIOLOGY - Correct posture and movement habits and exercises with the aim of keeping the health of the musculoskeletal system of administrative workers" proposed targeted recommendations for proper movement and work, as well as active rest with a program of relief exercises specifically tailored to administrative workers and exercising in the office. Through these two project outcomes, occupational kinesiology contributes to the protection of health of the musculoskeletal systems of administrative workers. This paper will give a brief overview and summary of: Study: Occupational kinesiology: Relationship between posture and movement habits and prevalence of musculoskeletal disorders of administrative workers Manual: Correct posture and movement habits and exercises with the aim of keeping the health of the musculoskeletal system of administrative workers

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Kineziologija, Interdisciplinarne društvene znanosti, Integrativna bioetika (prirodne, tehničke, biomedicina i zdravstvo, biotehničke, društvene, humanističke znanosti)

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