PREVALENCE OF THUMB PAIN IN PHYSIOTHERAPISTS OF PESHAWAR

Authors

  • Syed Zain Ul Abidin Northwest College of Physical Therapy, Northwest Institute of Health Sciences Peshawar
  • Sara Bukhari Physical Therapy Department District Headquarter Hospital, Chitral
  • Alam Zeb Department of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, School of Health Sciences Peshawar
  • Salman Farooqi China Rehabilitation and Research Center,Capital Medical University Beijing China

Keywords:

Prevalence, Physical Therapy, Physiotherapist, Thumb Pain

Abstract

OBJECTIVE: To determine the prevalence of thumb pain in physiotherapists of Peshawar.

METHODS: A cross sectional study was conducted at different physical therapy clinical set ups of Peshawar. To collect data from the concern participants, 100 questionnaires were distributed using convenience sampling. 93 participants responded positively, in which 62 were male and 31 were female. Visual analog scale (VAS) was used to measure the pain. SPSS version 20 was used for data analysis.

RESULTS:  Results showed that 78(83.9%) subjects have thumb pain while 15(16.1%) do not experience thumb pain. According to pain in hand distribution shows that 39(41.9%) were those who have pain in their right thumb while 16(17.2%) were those who have pain in their left thumb and 23(24.7%) were those who have pain in their both thumbs.

CONCLUSION: The prevalence of thumb problems in physiotherapists appears to be high and can be of sufficient severity to impact on careers.

 

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Published

2020-06-30

How to Cite

Abidin, S. Z. U., Bukhari, S., Zeb, A., & Farooqi, S. (2020). PREVALENCE OF THUMB PAIN IN PHYSIOTHERAPISTS OF PESHAWAR. Annals of Allied Health Sciences, 6(1). Retrieved from http://aahs.kmu.edu.pk/index.php/aahs/article/view/80

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Vol. 6 No. 1 (2020): Annals of Allied Health Sciences

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