With these actions also can prevent from stress and consequently can increase the concentration and learning power in this group. Marital status, age, weight, educational level, job, exercise and stress were identified as risk factors affecting the musculoskeletal disorders in the students.Ĭonclusion: It is possible to reduce the prevalence of musculoskeletal disorders by the necessary trainings to declare the risk factors and their modifications to the students, considering appropriate time between the classes and the use of ergonomic equipment and furniture in the classes. The neck (38.3%) and shoulder (35%) were the most prevalent at the next levels.
Results: The highest incidence of musculoskeletal discomfort (80%) was observed in the waist area.
The relationship between musculoskeletal disorders and risk factors was evaluated in SPSS20 software. The collected anthropometric data were analysed to calculate mean, range, standard deviation and 5th, 50th and 95th percentile values. In order to determine the prevalence of musculoskeletal disorders, Nordic questionnaire was used. Therefore, 52 body dimensions necessary for the design of these equipments were identified and a sample study was conducted on 39 farm workers. Methods: This descriptive-analytical and cross-sectional study was conducted among 129 students of Qazvin University of Medical Sciences in 2016. The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of musculoskeletal disorders and its related risk factors among students. Background: Since students spend a lot of time in classrooms and in steady state, many of them may experience signs of musculoskeletal disorders.
