Occupational health problems and injuries among Quebec's physical educators

Prevalence of Low Back Pain and its Risk Factors among School Teachers

“…Prolonged sitting also occurred when teachers marked and prepared work on computers. All teachers shared the same standing position favorable to the development of lower back pain (Lemoyne et al, 2007). Subject teachers which included physical education teachers perceived that movements when picking up and carrying heavy objects were the fourth cause of the low back pain (Lemoyne et al, 2007).…”

“…According to Lemoyne et al (2007) some European studies suggested that physical education teachers involved in high energy consumption with a high potential of acute and chronic injuries, often lead to premature retirement. Sandmark (2000) stated that physical education teachers were more often absent from work and also more likely to anticipate early retirement.…”

Work Ability of Finnish Physical Education Teachers

“…Alongside the physically and mentally stressful elements of teaching PE are also other risk factors such as student violence, broken equipment, and safety spotting of students that are perceived as occupational risks by PE teachers (Lemoune, Laurencelle, Lirette & Trudeau, 2007). Occupational risks have been reported to increase along with age (Kovač, Leskošek, Hadžić & Jurak, 2013a) at 7.6% per year.…”

Association of School Teachers' Occupational and Daily Physical Activity Level in Hong Kong

“…In a study of occupational injury in PE teachers, Lemoyne et al (2007) reported that a total of 37.6z of PE teachers were aŠected by a lesion during the previous year at work. The author suggested that a higher weekly frequency of leisure time PA or endurance or aerobic physical activities is related to being less aŠected by chronic lesions.…”

“…Teachers teaching PE have higher occupational PA levels compared with non-PE subject teachers. Theˆnding is similar to a previous study (Pihl et al, 2002), which indicated that PE teachers have higher occupational PA. Due to the nature of their work, PE teachers have long periods of standing and require a substantial amount of occupational PA; thus, their level of occupational PA was warranted (Lemoyne et al, 2007).…”