@article{article_472850, title={Prevalence of Work Related Musculoskeletal Disorders among College Teachers of Karachi}, journal={Online Turkish Journal of Health Sciences}, volume={4}, pages={339–349}, year={2019}, DOI={10.26453/otjhs.472850}, author={Uddın, Shahab and Asıf, Muhammad and Rajput, Hira İslam and Baıg Chughtaı, Muhammad Riaz and Khan, Muhammad Atif and Badar, Hina and Pasha, Saher}, keywords={Prevalence,work related musculoskeletal disorders,teachers,postural training}, abstract={<p class="OzetOTJHS" style="text-align:justify;"> <span lang="en-us" xml:lang="en-us"> <span style="font-size:14px;">It was aimed to be determined the
prevalence of work-related musculoskeletal disorders among college teachers of
Karachi in the study. The study was a cross-sectional study. Teachers were
randomly selected from different colleges of Karachi. The data collected from
January 2018 to June 2018. We selected college teachers from both gender by
convenient sampling. Those selected, were subjected had a work experience of
about one year in teaching.  </span> <span style="font-size:14px;">Nordic
questionnaire was used to determine the work related musculoskeletal disorders.
The questionnaires were sent to 400 intermediate teachers and 342 completely
filled questionnaires were returned back. Statical analysis was done through
SPSS version 21. The highest prevalence of work related pain was found neck, shoulder,
lower back, and knees and pain starts when teachers perform their work. 50%
participants responded that they keep their neck in bending position and
shoulders elevated while using black board. The result of this study was
concluded that neck, shoulder, lower back, and knees are mostly affected
regions among teachers. The use of ergonomically rules can help to alleviate
the problem.  </span> </span> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p>}, number={3}, publisher={Oğuz KARABAY}