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      <journal-id journal-id-type="issn">0000-0000</journal-id>
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        <journal-title>TMP Universal Journal of Medical Research and Surgical Techniques</journal-title>
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      <issn pub-type="epub">0000-0000</issn>
      <publisher>
        <publisher-name>Twisting Memoirs Publication</publisher-name>
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      <article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.69557/k0rxkx40</article-id>
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        <article-title>MUSCULOSKELETAL DISORDERS AMONG OLD PEOPLE IN HILLY AREA</article-title>
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        <contrib contrib-type="author">
          <name>
            <surname>Haque</surname>
            <given-names>Md Monoarul </given-names>
          </name>
        </contrib>
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      <pub-date publication-format="electronic" date-type="pub" iso-8601-date="2025-02-17">
        <day>17</day>
        <month>02</month>
        <year>2025</year>
      </pub-date>
      <volume>1</volume>
      <issue>1</issue>
      <permissions>
        <copyright-statement>Copyright © 2025 TMP Universal Journal of Medical Research and Surgical Techniques</copyright-statement>
        <copyright-year>2025</copyright-year>
        <license license-type="open-access" xlink:href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0">
          <license-p>This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License which permits unrestricted use, sharing, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license, and indicate if changes were made.
            <uri xlink:href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0">https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0</uri></license-p>
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        <p>Senior citizens are increasing in Bangladesh, denoted by the increased life expectancy of the population. So, it is the high time to take necessary and relevant measure for their wellbeing. In order to take any welfare measure, it is required to find out their health status particularly musculoskeletal condition. The study focuses on the musculoskeletal problems among senior ethnic citizen residing in Rangamati district. A cross-sectional comparative study was conducted. The subjects were selected conveniently and conducted among 230 senior citizens living with family or alone. A well designed semi-structured standard questionnaire was used to collect required data from the study subjects. About 80.40% subjects suffered from musculoskeletal problems and 19.60% did not have. Back pain and knee pain was prominent i.e. 35.70% and 34.60%. Neck pain, shoulder pain, elbow pain and heel pain were seen among 13%, 7.60%, 2.70% and 3.80% respondents. No statistically significant association was found between age group, gender and musculoskeletal problem.</p>
      </abstract>
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        <title>Keywords</title>
        <kwd>Musculoskeletal Disorders</kwd>
        <kwd>Old People</kwd>
        <kwd>Hilly Area</kwd>
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