Prevalence of neck pain in quick service provider helmet users using neck disability index

Aim: To find out neck pain in quick service provider helmet users.
Background: The average weight of head is about 8-12 pounds & the average weight of helmet is 4 pounds. This amount of weight has to be overcome by quick service providers every day for an average of about 8 hours. The weight of head & helmet must be held by seven vertebrae, ligaments, muscles etc. Due to this neck muscles get fatigue, hence is followed by stress & pain in neck.
Methodlogy: Primary data collection was done using convenient sampling. 150 individuals between 20- 40 age group were selected and were asked to fill the neck disability index scale which contains 10 sections with 5 questions in each section in the language best understood by them.
Results: Neck pain & disability has shown to be prevalent in quick service provider helmet users.
Conclusion: The study concludes that there is pain & disability in quick service provider helmet users.