Purpose

The COVID-19 pandemic lockdown has caught many educational institutions by surprise and warranted an abrupt migration from offline to online learning. This has resulted in an education change, without any time for due consideration, as regards its impact on musculoskeletal disorders (MSD) on students. The purpose of this study is to investigate MSD related to online learning during the COVID-19 pandemic lockdown.

Design/methodology/approach

A cross-sectional study was conducted on undergraduate students in India. In total, 261 students participated in this online survey.

Findings

The study finds that around 80% of students have reported some symptom in the head, neck and eyes since they started online learning. In total, 58% have reported MSD symptom in the right shoulder and 56% in the right hand fingers. Besides, more than 40 % of students experienced some MSD symptoms, in almost all the body parts studied, due to online learning. Correlation analysis is conducted between time spent on online learning per day and MSD symptoms.

Originality/value

This is the first study conducted on MSD and online learning during COVID-19 pandemic.

中文翻译：

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在 COVID-19 大流行期间展示 MSD 与在线学习之间的关系

目的

COVID-19 大流行的封锁令许多教育机构措手不及，因此需要从离线学习突然迁移到在线学习。这导致了教育变革，没有任何时间进行适当考虑，就其对学生的肌肉骨骼疾病 (MSD) 的影响而言。本研究的目的是调查在 COVID-19 大流行锁定期间与在线学习相关的 MSD。

设计/方法/方法

对印度的本科生进行了一项横断面研究。共有 261 名学生参加了此次在线调查。

发现

研究发现，自开始在线学习以来，大约 80% 的学生报告了头部、颈部和眼睛的一些症状。总共有 58% 的人报告了右肩的 MSD 症状，56% 的人报告了右手手指的 MSD 症状。此外，由于在线学习，超过 40% 的学生在所研究的几乎所有身体部位都出现了一些 MSD 症状。在每天在线学习所花费的时间与 MSD 症状之间进行相关分析。

原创性/价值

这是在 COVID-19 大流行期间对 MSD 和在线学习进行的第一项研究。