Publisher's Synopsis
Persisting neck pain is common in society, especially in office-workers.
Although, neck pain is common source of disability, little is known about its
prevalence and course. Various factors that place computer operators at
greater risk of developing neck pain are not clearly understood. The bulk of
literature available on this problem is in west with few studies done in an
Indian setup. Most studies of neck are based on high-income and
industrialized countries, and there is little information on the general and
working populations of middle and low-income countries. India is a middleincome
developing country. Study of neck pain and its patterns in middleincome
countries can increase the knowledge of this important work-related
disorder, in order to establish its trend in the world and probable differences in
exposures and risk factors that ultimately can lead to the creation of
preventive programs. The importance of this kind of studies becomes more
obvious when it is considered that some reports indicate that the greatest
increase in the prevalence of musculo-skeletal disorders in the next decade
will be in middle-/low-income countries.
