Impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on the physical health of teachers: a scope review

Abstract

This study aims to research in the scientific literature the impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic on the physical health of teachers. This is a scoping review with a search in the electronic databases Cochrane Central Register of Controlles Trials (COCHRANE), Medical Literature Analysis and Retrievel System Online (MEDLINE), Latin American and Caribbean Literature in Health Sciences (LILACS), Excerpta Medica dataBASE (EMBASE) and Physiotherapy Evidence Database (PEDro). Articles were selected that addressed the physical health of teachers in the Covid-19 pandemic, in Portuguese, English and Spanish, from 2019 to 2022. 06 articles were selected. Physical injuries were found in teachers, both evaluated separately in the body, such as vision and/or phonation, as well as presented in a systemic way, demonstrated with increased tension and pain and musculoskeletal disorders