Author(s): Suprita Pawar, Geeta Chitagubbi and Rajeshwari Desai

Abstract: The study was conducted from October 2019 to January 2020 in North Karnataka of Karnataka state. A representative sample of 20 bamboo artisans was randomly selected from six selected villages in the study area. Thus the total sample comprises 120 bamboo artisans including both women and men. Keeping in view the objectives of the study, a random sampling technique was adopted. The majority of the respondents belonged to the middle age group followed by the young age group (40.00%) and the lesser (16.66%) percent were from the old age group. The highest mean score was given for the body tolerance of symptom problems during work was bearable in the lower back followed by palm/finger. Symptom frequency of problems related to the pain during work was quite often in the body parts like the lower back, followed by the buttocks. When respondents experienced pain in the body parts like the neck, shoulder and lower back respondents temporarily terminated the work and took rest for a while. There is a positive and highly significant relationship between the frequency of pain in the cutting and stripping activities. Whereas the relationship between the frequency of pain and weaving activity was positively significant. The positive and highly significant relationship between age and frequency of pain in the body parts like neck, shoulder, upper arm, lower arm, wrist, palm/finger, buttocks, knee, and feet/ankle among the old and middle age groups of respondents. Whereas the relationship between the young age group and the frequency of pain in the lower back is positively significant.

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