Department of Physiotherapy, College of Applied Education and Health Sciences, Meerut, India
*Corresponding author: Ujjawal Singh Tomar, Department of Physiotherapy, College of Applied Education and Health Sciences, Gangotri, Roorkee Road, Meerut-250001, India, Mobile number: 91 9458609776, Email id: ujjawalsinghtomar@gmail.com
Online published on 16 May, 2013.
The study was conducted to find out the prevalence of MSD (Musculoskeletal disorder) among school going children and also to find out its association with BMI (Body Mass Index), number of sitting hours and weight of back packs.
It's a cross sectional study. The total of 195 students was taken in the study. The study was done by means of Questionnaire. Questionnaire was distributed to class XI and XII students of Public school in Meerut. Data was analyzed using descriptive statistics.
19.5% of students complained of postural pain. out of those students who complained of pain, 39.5% (15) complained of back pain, 34.2 % (13) complained of neck pain & 26.3%(10) complained of pain in other areas. The students having no pain were 79% (154), and 15.4% (3) did not mention about pain.
There is prevalence of neck pain and back pain among school going children and postural pain was also related to weight of back-pack, number of sitting hours and Body Mass Index (BMI)
Neck Pain, Back Pain, School Children, Postural Pain
