Educational strategy for the prevention of musculoskeletal disorders in university students

Abstract

The educational strategy for the prevention of musculoskeletal disorders in Computer Engineering students is a need that is based on their behaviors during their interaction with computers and the shortcomings of the educational teaching process to guarantee this preparation. The research addresses the scientific problem of how to contribute to the prevention of musculoskeletal disorders in Computer Engineering students? To treat this problem, the objective was determined to implement a strategy based on a pedagogical conception of the physical-educational process that contributes to the prevention of musculoskeletal disorders in Computer Engineering students. An experimental study was used in the pre-experimental variant and methods at the theoretical, empirical and mathematical-statistical level were used. Among the theoretical methods, the analytical-synthetic, inductive-deductive, historical-logical, systemic-structural-functional and modeling were used. Likewise, observation, survey and document analysis were used among the empirical methods. Furthermore, the expert judgment method (Dephy) is used to evaluate the relevance of the educational strategy. The mathematical-statistical methods consisted of descriptive statistics, the calculation of the expert competence coefficient (k), the Green procedure and the McNemar tests and the Wilcoxon signed ranks. Obtaining as a result of the research an educational strategy that allows specifying in the training process a physical-educational intervention for the prevention of musculoskeletal disorders in Computer Engineering students