The impact of a change in work posture from seated to stand-up on work-related musculoskeletal disorders among sewing-machine operators.

Background: Work-related postural change could lead to improved musculoskeletal health.

Method(s): In a quantitative, retrospective, longitudinal study, data of work-related musculoskeletal disorders of 123 sewing-machine operators were captured for 4.5 years, and analysed using Poisson regression.