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Purpose: The purpose of our study is to investigate the effects of posture and ergonomics training for students receiving distance education during the Covid-19 pandemic on musculoskeletal pain and activity prevention, exercise behavior decision-making balance and physical activity level. Methods: The study included a total of 202 undergraduate students including 155 (76.7%) women and 47 (23.3%) men. The students were randomly divided into two groups as the training and control groups. The training group received a specific program regarding posture and ergonomics by a physiotherapist for 60 minutes via distance education. No training was given to the control group. The “Extended Nordic Musculoskeletal Questionnaire” (NMQ-E), “Decisional Balance Scale: Exercise” and “International Physical Activity Questionnaire Short Form” (IPAQ-SF) were used to assess musculoskeletal system disorders, exercise behavior decision-making balance and physical activity level, respectively. Results: No significant difference was determined between the training and control groups in terms of their physical activity level and exercise behavior decision-making balance cons scores (p>0.05). There was a significant difference in favor of the control group in the exercise decision-making pros scores (p<0.05). No significant difference was found in terms of musculoskeletal pain and activity prevention (p<0.05). Conclusion: We believe that specific training programs including posture and ergonomics may raise ergonomics awareness in terms of reducing musculoskeletal pain while increasing their physical activity level and contributing their attitude of exercise behavior decision-making balance for students receiving distance education during the Covid-19 pandemic.

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