Introduction: Musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) can affect the ability, efficiency and effectiveness, well-being, productivity, absence from work, quality of work, and performance of individuals, as well as leading to restrictions on the normal activities of students. University life is a period in which individuals experience significant changes where it can lead to MSDs in undergraduates. MSDs may cause pain in the neck, shoulder, arm, wrist, hands, upper and lower back, hips, knees and feet.Objectives: This current study was carried out to evaluate the prevalence of musculoskeletal disorders among the students of faculty of Allied Health Sciences, University of Peradeniya.Methods: This was a cross sectional study. Data was collected through a self-administered questionnaire and total of 231 students responded.Results: 26.4% students were mentioned that they did not affect with musculoskeletal disorders in any anatomical region. Neck problems (41.6%) were recorded with the highest percentage of trouble during last 12 months. Among nine anatomical regions, students were suffered with ankle/ foot problems (18.9%) mostly which prevent their day-today activities, comparably high involvement of lower back problems (8.6%) lead to took medications and more students have seek for physiotherapy for their neck problems (7.4%). During last 7 days, students were complained that they had more trouble in neck region (20.3%). Wrist/hand was the least involved region in last 12 months and last 7 days.Discussion and conclusion: Among all the students, 73.6% were affected with musculoskeletal disorders in any anatomical region. Neck was the most prevalent region that has been presented in all the variables. Lower back was the second most prevalent region and ankle was the third most prevalent region to affect in most variables.
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