Association of ergonomics and musculoskeletal disorders among school teachers

Sanya Kundra; Niharika Jha; Sapna Dhiman

doi:10.30574/ijsra.2024.11.1.0205

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Association of ergonomics and musculoskeletal disorders among school teachers

Sanya Kundra, Niharika Jha and Sapna Dhiman ^*

School of Physiotherapy, Delhi Pharmaceutical Sciences and Research University, New Delhi, India.

Research Article

International Journal of Science and Research Archive, 2024, 11(01), 1598–1604.

Article DOI: 10.30574/ijsra.2024.11.1.0205

DOI url: https://doi.org/10.30574/ijsra.2024.11.1.0205

Publication history

Received on 26 December 2023; revised on 05February 2024; accepted on 08 February 2024

Abstract

Objective: To find the association between ergonomics and musculoskeletal disorders (MSD) among school teachers.

Methods: 40 subjects were selected for the study, to assess the prevalence of Musculoskeletal Disorders (MSD) with the standardized Nordic musculoskeletal questionnaire (NMQ) and evaluate for ergonomics in class and while working on computers/smart phones, and awareness of the same was noted with the help of checklists and Rapid Entire Body Assessment (REBA) and Rapid Upper limb Assessment (RULA) tools.

Results: REBA scores revealed that majorly, teachers were at medium risk levels of getting MSDs, with 72.72% of primary teachers, and 75.86% of secondary teachers for tasks performed, whereas RULA scores concluded that 48.27% of secondary teachers and 45.45% of primary teachers were in the medium risk level of getting MSDs.

Conclusions: The research revealed an association between ergonomics and the prevalence of MSDs in school teachers, and demonstrated the sites involved in the MSDs.

Keywords

MSDs; Ergonomics; NMQ; RULA; REBA; School Teachers

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