Occupational Medicine & Health Affairs
Open Access

Abstract

Approximately 30% of the population over 25 years is affected by some kind of musculoskeletal disorder related to working. 2010 year of the indicators showed that considering all diseases or accidents related to occupational activity of the higher incidence in Brazil were to shoulder injuries (back pain, synovitis, tenosynovitis). An aggravating factor for the health of workers is exposure to serious ergonomic hazards, especially with upper limb (shoulder, arm, forearm, wrist and hand). The objective of this study was to report the complaints of musculoskeletal pain in the upper limbs in workers of a metallurgical the metropolitan region of Campinas - SP. This is a retrospective study with a quantitative approach where a survey was carried out from October 2013 to March 2014. Through the statistical returns be found data of 86 employees who sought treatment at the outpatient clinic of the company, of these, 38% had between 2 and 5 years of service and 33% between 5-8 years, upper limb regions showed the highest incidence of abuse were: cervical spine with 34% and 27% shoulder. We conclude that there is a high incidence of employees (49%) who underwent service complaining of musculoskeletal pain in the upper limbs. It is necessary to more investment in ergonomic workstations.

Biography

Angela Cristina Puzzi Fernandez has completed her PhD from University of São Paulo, Brazil. She is Professor of Post Graduate and Undergraduate Nursing School and Member of the Brazilian Society of Occupational Health Nursing. She has published more than 20 papers in reputed journals. She has worked at Ambulatory of Occupational Health in Technological Research Center.

Email: acpuzzi@gmail.com