Publications by authors named "Mohd Mukhtar Alam"
Background: Professional rickshaw driving is a seemingly sedentary occupation and involves many risk factors for work-related musculoskeletal disorders (WMSD).
Objective: To assess the prevalence of work-related musculoskeletal disorders and its associated risk factors among professional rickshaw drivers.
Methods: 263 rickshaw drivers were voluntarily recruited from Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh, India.
Background: Musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) are the most common work-related injuries identified among caregivers in the health sector as a high-risk group.
Objectives: The study aimed to investigate the factors that influence musculoskeletal disorders among caregiver and to evaluate the relationship between work and non-work related factors with MSDs.
Methods: Data were collected from 104 caregivers using descriptive design and stratified cluster sampling.
Background: Vibration therapy (VT) causes an increase in motor unit activation tendency, an involuntary recruitment of earlier sedentary motor units, which increases the muscle fiber force generating capacity and muscle performance.
Objective: To evaluate the effect of vibratory massage therapy at 23 Hz and 35 Hz on grip strength, endurance, and forearm muscle performance (in terms of EMG activity).
Methods: Ten healthy and right-handed men participated voluntarily in this study.
Background: Vibration Therapy (VT) stimulate the muscle spindles, which in turn enhances its afferent activities.
Objective: The present study was designed to investigate the effect of VT at 23 and 35 Hz on muscle performance. The EMG features (six time-domain (TD) and four frequency-domain (FD)) and a new formula for computing neuromuscular performance were used as dependent variables to evaluate the effect of VT.
Background: Whole-body vibration (WBV) is a neuromuscular training method that has recently received popularity in health and fitness centers, as an additional or substitute method to conventional training and therapy, in order to improve muscle strength and power.
Objective: The purpose of this review is to critically observe the effect of WBV training on neuromuscular performance in view of its ability to enhance the muscles strength, power, and flexibility; and also to investigate the influence of the different vibration characteristics (viz., method of application of vibration, frequency, and amplitude) and exercise protocols on the effect of this training.