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<article xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" dtd-version="1.0" article-type="healthcare" lang="en"><front><journal-meta><journal-id journal-id-type="publisher">IJCRR</journal-id><journal-id journal-id-type="nlm-ta">I Journ Cur Res Re</journal-id><journal-title-group><journal-title>International Journal of Current Research and Review</journal-title><abbrev-journal-title abbrev-type="pubmed">I Journ Cur Res Re</abbrev-journal-title></journal-title-group><issn pub-type="ppub">2231-2196</issn><issn pub-type="opub">0975-5241</issn><publisher><publisher-name>Radiance Research Academy</publisher-name></publisher></journal-meta><article-meta><article-id pub-id-type="publisher-id">1818</article-id><article-id pub-id-type="doi"/><article-id pub-id-type="doi-url"/><article-categories><subj-group subj-group-type="heading"><subject>Healthcare</subject></subj-group></article-categories><title-group><article-title>PREVALENCE OF NECK PAIN AMONG DESKTOP AND LAPTOP COMPUTER USERS IN UNIVERSITY STAFF AND STUDENTS&#13;
</article-title></title-group><contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Reggie</surname><given-names>Andrew Shashi</given-names></name></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Sakthimurugan</surname><given-names>Lalithambikai</given-names></name></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Periasamy</surname><given-names>Shalini</given-names></name></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Halim</surname><given-names>Mohd Safuan bin Abd</given-names></name></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Chakravarthy</surname><given-names>Kalyana</given-names></name></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>N</surname><given-names>Girish</given-names></name></contrib></contrib-group><pub-date pub-type="ppub"><day>17</day><month>05</month><year>2012</year></pub-date><volume/><issue/><fpage>6</fpage><lpage>10</lpage><permissions><copyright-statement>This article is copyright of Popeye Publishing, 2009</copyright-statement><copyright-year>2009</copyright-year><license license-type="open-access" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/"><license-p>This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY 4.0) Licence. You may share and adapt the material, but must give appropriate credit to the source, provide a link to the licence, and indicate if changes were made.</license-p></license></permissions><abstract><p>The usage of computers is increasingly prevalent in the current generation, especially in student population. Work-related musculoskeletal disorders (WRMSDs) are common problems in people who spend a substantial amount of time using computers. Among various WRMSDs, neck pain is one of the commonest problems faced. The main objective of this study is to find out the prevalence of neck pain among desktop and laptop computer users in both university staff and students. The study was conducted by distributing questionnaires to a total of 328 computer users between 19 and 50 years of age of which 110 are desktop users and 218 were laptop users. The ergonomical evaluation on site of the participants was also done for the desktop users and various positions used by laptop users were evaluated. The data obtained was analyzed using descriptive statistics. The prevalence rate and the percentage of various positions used by computer users were also assessed. It can be concluded that the prevalence of neck pain among laptop computer users is higher than desktop computer users in this cross sectional study.&#13;
</p></abstract><kwd-group><kwd>Neck pain</kwd><kwd> Desktop</kwd><kwd> Laptop</kwd><kwd> prevalence</kwd></kwd-group></article-meta></front></article>
