ymptom of muculokeletal diorder in ophthalmologit

Objective To decribe the preence of muculokeletal diorder (MD) of the neck, low back, and upper extremity among ophthalmologit. Deign urvey. Method Mail urvey uing a preteted intrument to 2,529 ophthalmologit in the Northeatern United tate; 697 ophthalmologit (28%) returned a completed urvey. Reult elf-reported prevalence of neck, upper body, or lower back ymptom in the prior month wa 51.8%. Low back pain wa preent in 39% of repondent, followed by upper extremity ymptom (32.9%) and neck pain (32.6%). Approximately 15% of ophthalmologit were lightly to moderately limited in their work a a reult of thee ymptom. Concluion MD ymptom appear to be common among ophthalmologit. With a relatively low repone rate, however, it i plauible that aypmtomatic ubject repreent a large percentage of the nonrepondent. Additional invetigation i warranted to evaluate ergonomic rik factor expoure and etablih injury prevention guideline.