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Lazo, E., Soto, K., Zavaleta, S. (2021). Alteraciones musculoesqueléticas en docentes no fisioterapeutas de la Escuela Profesional de Tecnología Médica de la Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia que dictan clases virtuales durante la pandemia por COVID-19 [Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia]. https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12866/9669
Lazo, E., Soto, K., Zavaleta, S. Alteraciones musculoesqueléticas en docentes no fisioterapeutas de la Escuela Profesional de Tecnología Médica de la Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia que dictan clases virtuales durante la pandemia por COVID-19 []. PE: Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia; 2021. https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12866/9669
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title = "Alteraciones musculoesqueléticas en docentes no fisioterapeutas de la Escuela Profesional de Tecnología Médica de la Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia que dictan clases virtuales durante la pandemia por COVID-19",
author = "Zavaleta Rodríguez, Suny Caroline",
publisher = "Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia",
year = "2021"
}
Introduction: During the COVID-19 pandemic the hours of work in front of a computer increased due the online classes that teachers have to do. This fact has augmented the time that this population stay sitting in inadequate physical conditions. Objective: Describe the musculoskeletal disorders in non-physiotherapist teachers from the professional school of medical technology from the Peruvian University Cayetano Heredia who teaches virtual classes during the COVID-19 pandemic. Materials and Methods: Cross-sectional descriptive study, comprising non-physiotherapist teachers from the Peruvian University Cayetano Heredia who teaches virtual classes in the Semester Cycle 2020-II during the COVID-19 pandemic. The ¨Questionnaire of musculoskeletal alterations in teachers who give virtual classes¨ elaborated for this purpose was applied. All data were stored and managed in the Excel program. Results: The areas of greatest reference of discomfort were neck (89.8%), lumbar back (94.9%) and wrist and hand (91.5%) and the 67.8 % indicated that they spend more than 8 hours in front of the computer in chairs with the sitting posture as the most used during their work. Conclusions: The main musculoskeletal alterations in our population appeared in neck, lumbar back level and wrist and hand.
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