MUSCULOSKELETAL PAIN TRAINEES IN PHYSICAL THERAPY OF UESB

To determine musculoskeletal disorders presented in algic way of undergraduates supervised I and II of the physiotherapy course at the State University of Southwest Bahia, Jequié campus. The study of descriptive, transversal and quantitative character, with a sample of 35 trainees of the physiotherapy course at the State University of Southwest Bahia. Data were obtained through questionnaires demographic social, Nordic and Mc Gill. Of the participants 20% were male and 80% female, aged between 20-29 years (23 ± 2). The regions most affected by musculoskeletal disorders in the current period, 7 days and 12 months were the lower back (40%), shoulder (28,6%), neck and upper back (25.7%). Regarding the classification of pain, trainees described as tiring (60%); thin (40%); sharp and stabbing (34%). This study concluded that physiotherapy graduates have high musculoskeletal pain complaints, before entering the labor market