Musculoskeletal pain for table tennis activity: (REBA) Assessment / Muhammad Faiz Muhamad Fauzri

Today, musculoskeletal disorders are of extensive occupational injuries around the world. These problems represent one-third of all the injuries when playing table tennis. However, because of improper position of students during play a table tennis, the risk of adopting abnormal postures is common. In order to establish appropriate strategies to prevent this deterioration, having accurate information about them is necessary. The purpose of this study was to determine the risk of musculoskeletal pain amongst UiTM Bukit Besi student who playing table tennis. For this project, the methodology used is The Rapid Entire Body Assessment (REBA). The Rapid Entire Body Assessment tool uses a systematic process to evaluate both upper and lower parts of musculoskeletal system for biomechanical and MSD risks associated with the job the task being evaluated. However, the expected result is body posture was evaluated using REBA sheet and it can be concluded that the major areas susceptible to uncomfortable and painful working postures.