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Patellofemoral Pain Syndrome Risk Factors Analysis in Selective Garbage Truck Drivers

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Occupational and Environmental Safety and Health III

Part of the book series: Studies in Systems, Decision and Control ((SSDC,volume 406))

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Background: Patellofemoral Pain Syndrome (PFPS) is a disease with gradual worsening, affecting 22.7% of the general population, clinically described as a peripatellar pain aggravated when going up and/or downstairs. Objective: To identify risk factors for the emergence or aggravation of PFPS present in selective waste collection workers in their daily activity. Method: The experimental protocol first consisted of a thorough evaluation of the workstation. After, the movements executed by the driver were registered and analysed, task by task. Results: The results report that the worker’s workplace characteristics and the and the postures and movements carried out contribute to the emergence and worsening of PFPS. Conclusions—It was concluded that, since the work tasks entail climbing and descending a vertical ladder more than one hundred times (twice at each stop, at least), there is a causal link between PFPS and the performed task. Therefore, the workstation requires immediate intervention.

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The authors would like to acknowledge the Doctoral Program in Occupational Safety and Health for the support in this work.

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    Pablo Monteiro Pereira, J. Duarte & J. Santos Baptista

  2. Faculty of Medicine, University of Porto, Porto, PT, Portugal

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Pereira, P.M., Duarte, J., Santos Baptista, J., Torres Costa, J. (2022). Patellofemoral Pain Syndrome Risk Factors Analysis in Selective Garbage Truck Drivers. In: Arezes, P.M., et al. Occupational and Environmental Safety and Health III. Studies in Systems, Decision and Control, vol 406. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-89617-1_32

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