Objetivo: Establecer la prevalencia de Trastornos Musculoesqueléticos asociados a los factores sociodemográficos en el personal administrativo de la División de Investigación Criminal de Tacna, 2020. Material y Métodos: Se realizó un estudio epidemiológico analítico de nivel relacional y de tipo observacional, retrospectivo, transversal y analítico, realizado con una población de 75 trabajadores del personal administrativo de la División de Investigación Criminal de Tacna, 2020, en donde se utilizaron de instrumentos al cuestionario Nórdico de Kuorinka y un cuestionario sociodemográfico. Resultados: Se obtuvo que, del total de participantes, la mayor prevalencia de trastornos musculoesqueléticos en el personal administrativo de la División de Investigación Criminal de Tacna, 2020 se da en el cuello con un 48%, en la columna lumbar con un 45.3%, y en el sexo masculino ent...

This article aims to analyze the socio-critical paradigm in its relationship with scientific research, which is why the paradigm is previously defined as the representation of the commitment of the members of a scientific community with a way of exercising or guiding scientific practice. Likewise, it seeks to conceptualize the socio-critical paradigm, which is based on social criticism with a tendency to self-reflection, understanding that knowledge is built on the basis of concerns that arise from the needs of certain social groups (Maldonado, 2018), where Unlike the positivist paradigm, the researcher is no longer just an observer to become a generator of change that facilitates social transformations. On the other hand, the origins, position of authors, characteristics, principles and applications in different specialties are analyzed. Finally, the conclusions seek to reflect on the a...