International Journal of Health Sciences and Research Volume 14; Issue: 4; April 2024 Website: www.ijhsr.org Original Research Article ISSN: 2249-9571 International Journal of Health Sciences and Research (www.ijhsr.org) 500 Volume 14; Issue: 4; April 2024 Prevalence of Musculoskeletal Pain Amongst Sweepers of Pune Region Vedanti Nilesh Walchale 1 , Dr. Amruta Khilwani 2 , Dr. Albin Jerome 3 1 Physiotherapist, St. Andrew’s College of Physiotherapy, Pune, India. 2 Assistant Professor, St. Andrew’s College of Physiotherapy, Pune, India. 3 Principal, St. Andrew’s College of Physiotherapy, Pune, India. Corresponding Author: Vedanti Nilesh Walchale DOI: https://doi.org/10.52403/ijhsr.20240462 ABSTRACT Musculoskeletal pain related to work has been a major public health concern in recent years. Work related MSK pain is a common issue that affect many individuals and has been increasing day by day. Sweepers have an important role in our society as they keep our surroundings clean. In india very few studies had been carried out to assess prevalence of MSK pain amongst sweepers. Therefore, to identify the prevalence of MSK pain amongst sweepers, the present research has been undertaken. For this purpose, observational study was carried out on 187 sweepers including both female and male from hospitals, roads and footpaths of Pune region. Modified Nordic Musculoskeletal Pain Questionnaire was used to collect the MSK pain related information. The results showed that MSK pain amongst sweepers was high with majority of female sweepers complaining of body pain mostly in low back and shoulder region. It was observed that out of 187 participants, 166 (88.8%) samples found to have Musculoskeletal Pain in different body regions and 21 (11.2%) were not experiencing Musculoskeletal Pain. The high prevalence of MSK pain amongst sweepers was in lower back 50.27% and shoulder region 27.27% followed by 19.25% in ankles/feet, 12.30% in knees, 12% in neck, 10.70% in wrists/hands, 8.02% in upper back, 5.35% in elbows, 4.81% in hips/thighs. Results drawn from statistical inferences showed that there is significant relationship between MSK pain and years of work experiences in sweeping job. Thus it can be concluded that since sweepers experienced MSK pain, to address this some major and important guidelines, targeted interventions to improve the design of working tools including patient education and ergonomics has to be implemented to minimize their problems. Keywords: Musculoskeletal pain, Prevalence of musculoskeletal pain, pain, sweepers, repetitive movement. INTRODUCTION Ache or discomfort in any of the body region such as Ankles, knees, hips, lower back, upper back, shoulders, elbows, neck, wrists etc is known as MSK pain. [1] In maintaining hygiene of community and to keep our surrounding areas clean, sweepers play a very crucial role. Sweepers are engaged in repetitive movements such as bending, pushing, pulling, and lifting for long durations due to which they are at high risk to develop MSK pain in different body regions. [2,4] Job of sweeping is a vigorous task that includes cleaning of assigned areas such as roads, footpaths, hospitals, etc using long