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Abstract: Background: Low back pain (LBP) is commonly accompanied by radiating pain in one or both legs and experienced by people of all ages. Many professionals are using laptop and computers in non-desk setting situations at the table, and on the bed and floor tend to stay in a static posture for long periods which can lead to poor spinal alignment and bad ergonomics. LBP is the leading cause of Years Lived with Disability (YLD) being one of the major public health problems globally that requires attention and may also to take physiotherapy intervention. Aim: To evaluate prevalence of LBP in work from home IT professionals. Materials and Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted among 892 work from home IT professionals of Anand city, aged between 20-45 years fulfilling the inclusion criteria. Subjects were selected by a convenient random sampling method and general assessment was taken. Oswestry Disability Index (ODI) was used as the outcome measure. Data were analysed using SPSS software for descriptive and analytical statistics. Results and Discussion: Total 892 subjects (582 males, 310 females) selected based on inclusion criteria. The mean age was found to be 26.25 + 5.21 and the mean ODI score of all the subjects was 7.16 + 8.61 belonging to the minimal disability. Result shown that 91.31% subjects had minimal disability, 7.61% had moderate and 1.09% had severe disability, while 0% were crippled and bed bound. Out of total subjects, 69.05% reported LBP and 30.95% had no LBP. Conclusions: There was significant amount of prevalence of LBP among IT professionals while doing work from home. This study showed that the majority of IT professionals doing work from home experienced minimal disability due to low back pain according to the ODI scale.