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A questionnaire was used for data collection. Data were analyzed using logistic regression.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>WRMDs prevalence throughout professional practice, in the last 48\u2005h and in the 12-month period were, respectively: 54.6%, 15.9%, 38.1%. In the last 12 months, 1294 injuries were measured. The injury proportion was 0.38 (CI95%:1.83\u20132.59) and injury rate was 0.035 injuries per 1000\u2005h of Physiotherapist practice. The most common WRMDs types were low back pain (375; 32.72%), neck pain (26.35%) and tendinopathy (183;15.97%), most common in the shoulder (124; 67.8%). The most frequent injury mechanisms were repetitive tasks (452; 21.64%) and exhaustion from long hours of work without rest (266; 12.73%). Women were 2.13 (CI95%: 1.71\u20132.64;p\u2009&lt;\u20090.001) more likely to develop WRMDs, physiotherapists aged 30 years or older were 1.23 (CI95%::1.01\u20131.50;p\u2009=\u20090.042), those who practiced physical exercise had 1.31 (CI95%:1.07\u20131.61;p\u2009=\u20090.010) more probabilities, those classified as overweight had 1.29 (CI95%:1.03\u20131.60;p\u2009=\u20090.024) more chances and physiotherapists who treated 50 or more patients per week were 1.37 (CI95%:1.13\u20131.67;p\u2009=\u20090.002) more likely to have WRMDs.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>There was a high prevalence of WRMDs in the analyzed sample. 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