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PRESENCE OF MUSCULOSKELETAL PAIN IN STUDENTS DUE TO ONLINE STUDY DURING COVID 19 PANDEMIC

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Purvi Patel1 and Maitri Shukla2
» doi: 10.48047/ecb/2023.12.10.452

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Introduction: Due to COVID 19 all schools and universities stopped face-to-face teaching and started using internet platforms to deliver online learning. Students were required to attend online classes to continue their education. More usage of laptop, computers, phones which can lead to many musculoskeletal disorders .SO this study aims to find out the presence of musculoskeletal disorders in students who are involved in online studying since lockdown. Materials & Methods: In the present survey, college of physiotherapy (SVDU) were approached to fill up the Self developed questionnaire online via Google form to collect the information regarding the studying pattern of physiotherapy student and the Nordic Musculoskeletal Questionnaire was used to identify the presence of musculoskeletal pain and its distribution. Result:Total 215 students were included in the study. Total 74% students felt musculoskeletal pain in last one year. Among them 53% had neck pain, 33% had shoulder and 35% had law back pain in last 7 days. Majority of the students had neck, shoulder and law back pain following 45%, 22%, 28% in last one year which affect them in the study. Conclusion: Present study shows that many physiotherapy students were involved in online learning during COVID 19 pandemic which lead to many musculoskeletal pain in them. Out of which, neck and lower back was the commonest musculoskeletal pain.

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