Efeitos de um programa de ginástica laboral sobre as principais sintomatologias das lesões por esforço repetitivo / distúrbios osteomusculares relacionados ao trabalho (LER/DORT): dor e fadiga

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DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO

2009

RESUMO

The RSI / WRMD (Repetitive Strain Injuries/Work Related Musculoskeletal Disorders) have reached large proportions and become an issue of interest and responsibility of all, whether professionals in the health field, workers, businessmen or government employees. The programs of Labor Gymnastic out have been used by the departments of occupational medicine, labor safety and human resources inside the companies as a means of lessening the main symptoms of these disorders. This research proposed to evaluate the effects of a program of Labor Gymnastic out on the pain and the fatigue, main symptoms of RSI / WRMD. The target population of this study was composed of workers of a sports clothing manufacturer belonging to a private equity company in Patos de Minas, Minas Gerais. Sixty-one people chosen randomly among those who fulfilled the inclusion criteria formed the total sample, forty-four of them belonged to experimental group 28,7 years old + 8,8 (18-61 years old) and seventeen belonged to the control group 27,8 years old + 7,4 (20-43 years old). The methods used were the Test of Trigger Point and the Bipolar Questionnaire of Fatigue. The class lasted 15 minutes, consisting of exercises for stretching (40%), localized muscle strength (40%), relaxation, massage techniques and self massage (10%) and group dynamics (10%). The classes were taught twice a day, five times a week, during three months. The perception and intensity of pain were verified according to the region of the body affected as well as the perception of fatigue during the pre and post-investigation of both the experimental and control groups. The post-investigation results of the experimental group showed a pain reduction in most of the body regions, as opposed to the data found in the control group. Concerning the intensity of pain, both groups had it reduced. Only the experimental group had a reduction of the fatigue level. Therefore, it is concluded that the Program of Labor Gymnastic out program had a positive influence on the main symptoms of the WRMD, the pain and the fatigue.

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dor musculoesquelética ler/dort labor gymnastic fatigue read / wrmd musculoskeletal pain fadiga ciencias da saude ginástica laboral

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