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@article{173512,
        author = {Rutuja Kurane and Dr. Amruta Doijad and Dr. Umiya Pathan},
        title = {PREVALENCE OF SHOULDER PAIN AMONG STREET SWEEPERS IN KOLHAPUR CITY},
        journal = {International Journal of Innovative Research in Technology},
        year = {2025},
        volume = {11},
        number = {10},
        pages = {552-556},
        issn = {2349-6002},
        url = {https://ijirt.org/article?manuscript=173512},
        abstract = {Introduction: Sweepers play an important role in maintaining the health and hygiene in the cities. They work in hospital, under corporation, institutions and local bodies. Their work requires continuous use of arms and hands which involves repetitive shoulder activities thus increasing the demand on the muscles, ligaments and soft tissues around the shoulder joint. [1] Improper posture and repetitive activity while working produce major stress over joint and scapular muscles which is main reason behind shoulder pain. [1] It can lead impaired range of motion associated with muscle spasm. In sweepers shoulder joint pain or dysfunction is high in number as compared to other occupational workers due to the occupational demand. Musculoskeletal pain is a major worldwide occupational health problem. It can affect different body parts like upper and lower extremities, lower back, neck and shoulders. [2] Sweepers are exposed to musculoskeletal pain directly or indirectly as they use upper limb frequently for sweeping for prolonged duration sweeping with improper posture [3]. They are suffering from different occupational health problems due to illiteracy, lack of knowledge on occupational health problems and ergonomics. [1] Shoulder pain is common among them, with their routine work like sweeping, mopping which requires repetitive movements of shoulder. Most sweepers need to maintain awkward or static postures while cleaning large areas, which commonly results in musculoskeletal dysfunction.  Method: The study aimed to investigate the prevalence of shoulder pain in street sweepers. Subjects were selected from Kolhapur municipal corporation and assessed using goniometer, SPADI and NPRS scale. Inclusion and exclusion criteria were considered, and subjects willing to participate were included after receiving an explanation of the study's nature. Result: In this study of 116 participants, pain complaints varied across age groups, with 92 participants reporting pain. The SPADI score and Numeric Pain Rating Scale (NPRS) revealed that 24 participants had no pain, while 92 participants reported varying degrees of pain severity. Conclusion: The goal of our study was to investigate the prevalence rate of shoulder pain among street sweepers in Kolhapur city. The present study concluded that, 79% of street sweepers (92 out of 116 street sweepers) reported having shoulder pain and mostly seen in age group of 23-57 years.},
        keywords = {Shoulder pain, street sweepers, prevalence.},
        month = {March},
        }