Reda Kotb Abd Elrazik
Assistant Professor at Department of Physical Therapy for Musculoskeletal Disorders and its Surgery, Faculty of Physical Therapy, Benha University, Egypt
Publications
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Research Article
WEATHER EFFECT ON PREVALENCE OF MUSCULOSKELETAL PAIN AND ITS ATTRIBUTES: A CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY
Author(s): Adel ME Zedan*, Reda Kotb Abd Elrazik, Nehad Mohamed AbdElnabi Mousa, Dina Mahmoud Nabeeh and Mohammed Ali Mohammed Sarhan
Background: Majority of patients with musculoskeletal pain (MSP) relates their pain to weather changes especially cold one. However, there is inconsistency in the previous literature about that. Objective: to investigate the difference between winter and summer seasons in the occurrences of MSP and its attributes. Methods: A hospital-based cross-sectional study included 680 patients with musculoskeletal disorders collected from medical records of physiotherapy referrals to an Orthopedic out-patient clinic at a large university hospital in Egypt was conducted. The patients were divided into two groups based on season of their referral; winter group (N=350, from 8/12/2019 to 23/3/2019) and summer group (N=330, from 8/6/2019 to 23/8/2019). Prevalence of MSP (non-specific pain in muscles, tendons, and joint) was compared between the two seasons .. Read More»