INCIDENCE OF MUSCULOSKELETAL DISORDERS IN TRAIN COMMUTERS

Background: A Musculoskeletal disorders (MSD’s) arises not directly from an acute or instantaneous event but arising gradually and chronically. Indian railway is the world’s largest railway system; in Mumbai the daily ridership is about 7.585 million. As Mumbai is India’s commercial and financial centre therefore, the network is severely crowded during peak hours. Hence, it is the busiest railway system and has some of the worst severe crowding in the world. Repetitive movements and awkward posture are the levels of primary risk factors that have been associated with the MSD’s.

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