ABSTTRACINTRODUCTION: DME musculoskeletal disorders are one of the most frequent alterations and one of the main causes of work absenteeism in the American continent, and the European Union, generating serious economic repercussions at the corporate, public health and employee levels. This is due to a work overload caused by repetitive work, maintained postures, and muscular strength requirements, so it is important to identify them through different ergonomic methods in order to generate prevention programs that allow the mitigation of them. OBJECTIVE: To determine the musculoskeletal symptoms and their relation to the working conditions of the teachers of the district educational institutions of Usme, Bogotá, D. C MATERIALS AND METHODS: A cross-sectional study was carried out in 192 teachers who were evaluated with the Standardized Nordic questionnaire on musculoskeletal symptoms and sociodemographic questions from the Health and Working Conditions Survey (ECTS) to characterize the population study. For the statistical analysis frequency distribution and measures of central tendency and dispersion were performed. The assessment of possible associations was performed using the Pearson chi-square test, with 95% confidence intervals, prevalence was adjusted by gender and confidence intervals. RESULTS: 57. 8% of the participants were female, 41. 7% of the participants were between 30 and 39 years of age, 82. 8% of the respondents handled groups of students ranging from 20 to 60 students, 42. 7% (95% CI: 35. 9-49. 5) of the total of the respondents present an SMD already diagnosed by a doctor or health service. 77. 1% of the participants answered affirmatively to the presence of this variable with a 95% CI: 70. 3-82. 8. Regarding the localization of pain, the region of the neck with 51. 6% (IC 44. 3-58. 9) and lumbar region with 49% (IC95%: 42. 2-56. 3) were the two anatomical regions valued with greater presence of pain. We found association between age and pain (chi-square: 6, 858), sex and pain (chi-square: 0. 250) and number of students with pain (chi-square: 2. 179). CONCLUSIONS: The present study confirms the relationship between the presence of musculoskeletal disorders (DME) and teaching activity, but it is pertinent to carry out more studies that allow the assessment of MSD with psychosocial risk, working day and type of subject taught by the Professors in their chairs for this type of population.
