Table 1.

Studies reporting the prevalence of MSD among regular school teachers.

Study	Location	Year	Study Population	Sample Size	Body Site	Prevalence of MSD (%)
Ceballos & Santos	Pernambuco, Brazil	2015	Kindergarten and elementary grades teachers	525	Shoulders, upper back, neck, ankle/feet	73.5
Chaiklieng & Suggaravetsiri	Nakhonphanom, Thailand	2012	Primary and secondary school teachers	718	Lower back, shoulder, upper back, neck, arm	73.7
Ebied	Cairo, Egypt	2015	Primary school teachers	200	Lower back, neck, shoulder	76
Mohd Anuar et al.	Putrajaya, Malaysia	2016	Secondary school teachers	120	Lower back	72.9
P. N. Erick & Smith	Botswana, Africa	2014	Primary and secondary school teachers	1747	Lower back	55.7
Temesgen et al.	Gondar Town, Northwest Ethiopia	2019	Primary and secondary school teachers	754	Shoulder and neck	57.3
Yue et al.	Guangdong Province, China	2012	Primary, junior middle, and secondary school teachers	893	Neck, shoulder, lower back	48.7