THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN WORK POSTURE AND WORKING PERIOD WITH THE OCCURRENCE OF MYOFASCIAL PAIN SYNDROME UPPER TRAPEZIUS MUSCLES ON GARMENT TAILORS IN BATUBULAN GIANYAR

Abstract

Sewing jobs risk is causing ergonomics problems. These risks arise due to behavior when working like a long sitting position and repetitive movements so that the risk of experiencing the disease is musculoskeletal disorder. The purpose of this research is to know the relationship of work posture and working period to the tailor with the occurrence of myofascial pain syndrome.

The study used samples of 91 people. Data collection using observation methods. The sample technique used is simple random sampling. Data analysis techniques using the Spearman's Rho test. The results showed that there was a significant relationship between working period andthe MPS with a correlation of 0.417 (p < 0.05) and there was an relationship between working posture measured with RULA and the MPS with a correlation of 0.481 (p < 0.05).