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This study examines the experiences of musculoskeletal discomfort among staff and students of the University of Port Harcourt as it relates to their workstations. Questionnaires were designed to extract information from respondents on their experience of musculoskeletal pains and other discomforts. A total of 320 questionnaires were distributed randomly to staff and students across the three campuses of the University of Port Harcourt. One hundred and forty (140) questionnaires were distributed to staff (academic, 60 and non-academic, 90) out of which 115 were retrieved. Similarly, 170 questionnaires were distributed to students out of which 163 were retrieved; altogether 278 out of 320 yielded a 86.9% response rate. The study revealed that there is a strong relationship between the workstation set up and development of musculoskeletal discomfort in classrooms and offices at the University of Port Harcourt. Most staff and students experienced low back and neck pains due to poor ergon...

This study was carried out to investigate Work-Related Musculoskeletal Disorders (WRMDs) among office-based civil servants in selected ministries (Ministry of Education and Health) –Min-C and local government areas (Ikwerre and Obio/Akpor) LGA-C of Rivers State using 200 office-based civil servants as the study population. A lykert model response questionnaire was used as the instrument of primary data collection to investigate prevalence of WRMDs among the study population. The data obtained were analyzed using Kendall’s coefficient of concordance (w). The w-values for general office ergonomic awareness were 0.271 (27.1%) for LGA-C and 0.739 (73.9%) for Min-C while that of workstation ergonomics awareness were 0.297(29.7%) and 0.323(32.3%) for LGA-C and Min-C, respectively. When Workstation Ergonomic Practice was considered the w-values for LGA-C were 0.771 (77.1%) and 0.9896 (99%) for Min-C while that of Musculoskeletal Disorder/Pain complaints were 0.995 (99.5%) for LGA-C and 0.9...