Publications by authors named "Alaa Mohammad Arafah"
Background: Dentistry is a profession that demands a high level of physical work and excessive repetitive movements in strained positions, both of which are risk factors for developing musculoskeletal pain (MS-P).
Objective: This study aims to assess the awareness of ergonomics and physical activities in controlling MS-P among dental students.
Methods: A cross-sectional study conducted at a university dental hospital in Saudi Arabia, through a validated self-administered questionnaire, distributed to undergraduates and postgraduate's dental students.
Background: Low back pain (LBP) is one of the most common musculoskeletal disorder symptoms affecting adults' health in the workplace including academic settings.
Objective: To estimate the prevalence of LBP among academic teaching staff at King Abdulaziz University, as well as to identify its socio-demographic and work-related risk factors.
Methods: A cross-sectional study design was used to estimate the prevalence of LBP and the risk factors in 123 academic teaching staff members at King Abdulaziz University.
Rationale: The gap in knowledge translation from research to clinical practice is under scrutiny in stroke rehabilitation. One possible reason for this gap may be a poor understanding of clinicians' practice style traits and how they influence practice behaviours.
Objectives: To identify the prevalence of practice style traits in physical therapists and occupational therapists working in stroke rehabilitation and, to explore associations between these traits and practice behaviours, where practice behaviours are defined as the clinicians' reasons for choosing assessments and interventions used in practice.