Prevalence of lumbosacral radiculopathy among pediatric physiotherapists / Heba Ashraf Sayed Abdelhadi ; Supervised Islam Mahmoud Abdallah Alazab ; Supervised Islam Mahmoud Abdallah Alazab , Maged Mohammed Abdelnaser , Nagwa Ibrahim Mohammed Rehab

Thesis (M.Sc.) - Cairo University - Faculty of Physical Therapy - Department of Physical Therapy for Neuromuscular and Neurosurgery

Background: The pediatric physiotherapists perform physically demanding tasks that make them prone to develop work-related musculoskeletal and neuromuscular disorders but the rates and associated risk factors of these disorders among pediatric physiotherapists in Egypt are not well known. Objective: The study aimed to identify the prevalence of lumbosacral radiculopathy and determine associated risk factors among pediatric physiotherapists. Methodology: Two hundred pediatric physiotherapists of both sexes with age ranged from 25-37 years participated in this study. Pediatric physiotherapists were recruited from the outpatient clinics in hospitals of ministry of health in Cairo, Egypt. Straight leg raising test was used to confirm lumbosacral radiculopathy, visual analogue scale was used for measuring pain intensity, Roland-Morris Disability Questionnaire was used for measuring disability secondary to low back pain and the Modified Roland Morris Disability for measuring disability secondary to sciatica. Results: The results revealed a high prevalence of lumbosacral radiculopathy (30.5%) and low back pain (60%) among pediatric physiotherapists in Egypt. There is a statistically significant association between lumbosacral radiculopathy and age, body mass index, working years, work hours per day and number of patients treated /day (p<.05). While there is not significant association between lumbosacral radiculopathy and sex

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