Trastornos musculoesqueléticos en docentes de Colombia bajo la modalidad de educación presencial, monografía de compilación.

Abstract

Introduction: Muscular skeletal disorders (MSD) are alterations of the muscular body structures, joints, tendons, ligaments, nerves, bones, and circulatory system. MSDs are caused or aggravated by a variety of individual, physical, and biomechanical risk factors: prolonged postures, repetitive hand or arm movements, maintaining the same posture throughout the day or much of it. The objective of this research is to identify the musculoskeletal disorders present in the teaching population under the modality of face-to-face classes, in Colombia, through the review of different databases, which allow establishing the bibliographic reference with which the present monograph. Methodology: Compilation monograph in which the choice of the topic will be made, the critical analysis of the information collected on musculoskeletal disorders in teachers who work under the face-to-face modality is analyzed and written, in Colombia. Conclusions: This research reveals that most of the teachers who work in face-to-face modality in Colombia show musculoskeletal conditions in different areas of the body, but a higher prevalence is obtained in the dorsal-lumbar region and the neck, and the most diagnosed pathologies is low back pain. In addition, the most associated symptoms are pain, fatigue / heaviness and muscle weakness due to continuous exposure to risk factors related to the teaching activity that must be carried out at an educational level.