Musculoskeletal disorders in nursing staff

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World J Methodol. Jun 20, 2025; 15(2): 98043
Published online Jun 20, 2025. doi: 10.5662/wjm.v15.i2.98043

Musculoskeletal disorders in nursing staff

Agapi Kolovou, Asterios N Gkougkoulias, Nikolaos Stefanou, Elena Manuela Samaila, Maria Tsekoura, Marianna Vlychou, Charalampos Matzaroglou, Zoe H Dailiana

Agapi Kolovou, Nikolaos Stefanou, Zoe H Dailiana, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, School of Health Sciences, University of Thessaly, Larissa 41500, Thessalia, Greece

Asterios N Gkougkoulias, Marianna Vlychou, Department of Radiology, Faculty of Medicine, School of Health Sciences, University of Thessaly, Larissa 41500, Thessalia, Greece

Elena Manuela Samaila, Orthopaedic and Trauma Center, University of Verona, Verona 37134, Italy

Maria Tsekoura, Charalampos Matzaroglou, Department of Physiotherapy, School of Health Rehabilitation Sciences, University of Patras, Patra 26504, Dytikí Elláda, Greece

Author contributions: Kolovou A, Samaila EM, and Dailiana ZH designed the study; Kolovou A, Gkougkoulias AN, and Samaila EM wrote the paper; Kolovou A, Gkougkoulias AN, Stefanou N, Tsekoura M, Vlychou M, Matzaroglou C, and Dailiana ZH analyzed and drafted the data; Vlychou M, Matzaroglou C, and Dailiana ZH revised the article.

Conflict-of-interest statement: All the authors report no relevant conflicts of interest for this article.

Open-Access: This article is an open-access article that was selected by an in-house editor and fully peer-reviewed by external reviewers. It is distributed in accordance with the Creative Commons Attribution NonCommercial (CC BY-NC 4.0) license, which permits others to distribute, remix, adapt, build upon this work non-commercially, and license their derivative works on different terms, provided the original work is properly cited and the use is non-commercial. See: https://creativecommons.org/Licenses/by-nc/4.0/

Corresponding author: Zoe H Dailiana, MD, PhD, Professor, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, School of Health Sciences, University of Thessaly, 3 Panepistimiou Street, Biopolis, Larissa 41500, Thessalia, Greece. dailiana@med.uth.gr

Received: June 16, 2024
Revised: October 17, 2024
Accepted: November 1, 2024
Published online: June 20, 2025
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Core Tip

Core Tip: Work-related musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) are common in nursing staff and affect their working ability and quality of life. The specific requirements of nursing duties and ergonomics are analyzed in relation to the different types of MSDs. The role of the different factors related to the prevalence of MSDs is emphasized and preventive measures are discussed.