Computers have started to occupy a greater place in our lives with the development of technology and communication systems. Increasingly, longer hours are spent sitting at the computer at both work and home. Sitting in a fixed position for hours, not giving any break, bad posture, repeating motions
and work appliances which are not ergonomical, added up with individual factors such as age and sex and psychosocial and work-related problems, result in increasing rates of musculoskeletal complaints in computer users. As a result, decrease in efficiency, increase in absenteeism and health expenditures have revealed the necessity for ergonomical applications aimed at decreasing risk factors. It is possible to prevent or decrease the musculoskeletal complaints frequently observed in computer users with simple methods such as teaching correct working positions, ergonomic trainings, exercises that can be easily done during rest breaks and ergonomical arrangement of the workplace. In this review, the aim is to discuss under the framework of the literature the frequency of occupational musculoskeletal complaints (OMSC) in computer users and the risk factors and to reviewthe available information on work appliances, work posture, their ergonomical features for protection from these risk factors.