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			<journal-id journal-id-type="publisher">PIJR</journal-id>
			<journal-title>Paripex - Indian Journal Of Research</journal-title>
			<issn pub-type="ppub">2250 - 1991</issn>
			<publisher>
				<publisher-name>Indian Society for Health and Advanced Research</publisher-name>
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			<article-id pub-id-type="other">pijr-8-6-11620</article-id>
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					<subject>Original Research Paper</subject>
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				<article-title>Prevalence of Cumulative Trauma Disorders in Sculptors of Kumartuli,West Bengal</article-title>
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			<contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author">
						<name>
							<surname>Pankaj</surname>
							<given-names>Bajpai</given-names>
							<prefix>Dr.</prefix>
						</name>
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						</contrib></contrib-group><pub-date pub-type="ppub">
				<month>June</month>
				<year>2019</year>
			</pub-date>
			<volume>8</volume>
			<issue>6</issue>
			<fpage>01</fpage>
			<lpage>02</lpage>
			<abstract>
				<title>ABSTRACT</title>
				<p>BACKGROUND: Cumulative trauma disorders (CTDs), or repetitive stress injuries (RSIs), affect the upper extremities of many workers as they routinely perform their job.
OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this study was to investigate the prevalence of cumulative trauma disorder among sculptors of Kumartuli,Westbengal.
STUDY DESIGN: Cross&ndash;sectional study
METHODS: 100 respondents were identified and one way ANOVA was used to determine the relationship between the variables. A purposely designed questionnaire was devised by the principal author to address the aim of the study.
RESULTS: The percentage of symptoms found in sculptors of Kumartuli were pain(64%), fatique(27%),stiffness(5%),none(4%).The percentage of area of symptoms found were back(31%),shoulder(19%),hand(16%),neck(11%),knee(10%),wrist(8%),none(5%).
Significant relationship was found between:&ndash; 
â¢	years of work and areas of symptoms of sculptors 
â¢	years of work and symptoms of sculptors 
â¢	age and areas of symptoms of sculptors 
â¢	age and  symptoms of sculptors 
â¢	height and areas of symptoms of sculptors 
â¢	weight and areas of symptoms of sculptors
â¢	weight and symptoms of sculptors
CONCLUSION:The prevalence of CTD in sculptors of Kumartuli,Westbengal is high</p>
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