Awareness on Computer Ergonomics and Prevention of MSD among the Millennials in Bangalore

Have Gadgets made Computer Ergonomics more visible? Previously Ergonomics was applied in the manufacturing industry for workers working on heavy machines. Slowly it came to textile, construction industries and to administration streams in organizations. Nowadays it is applied in Virtual Realities (VR sets) and home decors. As per the statistics by Ideate labs 73.9 million use computers for work, gaming, social networking, browsing etc. People spend hours together in front of the computer without thinking about the impact on their bodies. Millennials are using electronic gadgets from the young age which may create Health issues known as Musculoskeletal Disorders like Back pain, Neck pain etc. which will be covered in the paper. The objective here is to know the awareness level about the right ergonomic postures among students while using computers / laptops, and also to carry out a critical examination of ergonomic ignorance among students. Another objective of the study is to identify if the current computer usage passes by undergraduates adapt the right ergonomic or deviate from them. If it is the latter, then issues discussed in this paper are likely to improve the awareness regarding right ergonomics. This paper will also cover various prevention steps to be taken for avoiding or reducing the musculoskeletal disorders among students for their wellbeing and also improve productivity. Research has been conducted among the under graduate students who mostly use desktop or laptop for their studies or work. The type of research is empirical in nature. The respondents are college going students. The data collection tools used were Structured Questionnaire and personal interview. Scope of research will be to create awareness of various health issues causing musculoskeletal disorders among students.