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  2. Ergonomic hazard - Wikipedia

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    Sitting with a hunched back: This posture can strain the neck, shoulders, and back muscles. Reaching overhead or out to the side for extended periods: This can lead to shoulder and neck pain. Kneeling or squatting for prolonged periods: This can cause knee and hip discomfort.

  3. Complications of prolonged standing - Wikipedia

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    This decreases the venous return, and so there will be decreased cardiac output, which ultimately causes systolic blood pressure to fall (hypotension). This hypotension may lead the subject to faint or to have other symptoms of hypotension. Standing requires about 10% more energy than sitting. [2] [better source needed]

  4. Computer-induced medical problems - Wikipedia

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    In today's world, using computers is a necessity for the majority of people but not many people actually consider the medical consequences that working with computers can cause, such as damaged eyesight, bad posture, arthritis in fingers and computer stress injuries that can be caused by sitting in one position for a prolonged time. The above ...

  5. How to Get Rid of Back Pain if You’re a Desk Worker - AOL

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    Plus, if you're pinned to your desk at work and tend to lean forward while working on the computer, you probably feel neck and low back pain after a long day. However, the good news is that in ...

  6. Nerve compression syndrome - Wikipedia

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    Clinical diagnosis can often identify compression neuropathy on signs and symptoms alone. While there are variations in how nerves course and branch, the anatomical territory of major nerves do not change from patient to patient. Some forms of nerve entrapment can have characteristic symptoms, such as sitting and pudendal pain.

  7. Neurogenic claudication - Wikipedia

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    Neurogenic claudication must be differentiated from other causes of leg pain, which may be present in a number of conditions involving the spine and musculoskeletal system. The differential diagnosis for NC includes: [9] Vascular claudication; Lumbosacral radicular pain secondary to lumbar disc herniation

  8. Lumbar spinal stenosis - Wikipedia

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    Pain, numbness, or weakness in the low back, buttocks, or legs typically worsened with prolonged walking or standing and relieved with sitting or lying down: Usual onset: Gradual (months to years) Types: Congenital, acquired: Causes: Narrowed spinal cord due to spinal degeneration or abnormal anatomy: Diagnostic method

  9. Musculoskeletal injury - Wikipedia

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    Some cases can result in spinal cord damage at the C3-C5 levels, producing a myelopathy which can dramatically compromise overall movements in arm and legs as well as other fine motor functions. [1] Injury to the rotator cuff Is a result of trauma and old age, complete and partial tears are more frequent in older patients caused by degeneration ...