Physical and postural aspects of teachers during work activity.
Studies indicate that teachers constitute a professional segment, in which the work characteristics and the demands originating from the act of teaching, favor the emergence of sickness, concerning physical or emotional aspects. The present work aimed to describe physical and postural aspects during...
| Published in: | Work Vol. 41; pp. 3657 - 3663 |
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| Format: | research Journal Article |
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Sage Publications Inc.
2012 Supplement
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ccm&AN=104523419&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: ccm uiTerm: 104523419 longDbName: CINAHL Complete uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: dissinfo: jinfo: jid: 10519815 3RC jtl: Work issn: 10519815 maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: 2012 Supplement vid: 41 pid: 344 pub: Sage Publications Inc. place: Thousand Oaks, California artinfo: ui: 104523419 71929054 10.3233/wor-2012-0005-3657 104523419 ppf: 3657 ppct: 6 formats: fmt: @attributes: type: P tig: atl: Physical and postural aspects of teachers during work activity. aug: au: Soares, Marcelo M. Jacobs, Karen Silva, Nilson RogÉrio da Almeida, Maria Amélia affil: Universidade Estadual Paulista,Unesp Campus de Marília sug: subj: Faculty Attitudes Posture Job Characteristics Ergonomics Human Brazil Male Female Adult Schools, Elementary Sick Leave Questionnaires Interviews Descriptive Statistics Adult: 19-44 years Male Female ab: Studies indicate that teachers constitute a professional segment, in which the work characteristics and the demands originating from the act of teaching, favor the emergence of sickness, concerning physical or emotional aspects. The present work aimed to describe physical and postural aspects during the working activity of teachers. A total of 120 elementary school teachers (1st to 8th grade) took part in the survey. For data collection, a questionnaire was applied: it included personal and occupational information, perception of discomfort and being off work; physical strength activities; posture at work and physical conditioning activities. The average age of teachers of the present sample corresponds to 35,8 years. In relation to activities which generate more physical strength, the answer none of the activities was predominant with 30 answers; followed by writing on the board, standing up during the period of classes, explanation of the subjects, class elaboration, correction of homework and others. The area of the body with higher amount of occurrences and prevalent discomfort referred to the lower limbs and spinal cord. These data inform the necessity of investing in prevention programs for the teachers, in order to develop strategies into the organizational context and interventions at the work environment. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: research Journal Article ougenre: Article language: English refInfo: holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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