Muscle skeletal dysfunctions of superior member in the Military Hospital of Matanzas

Abstract

Introduction: The muscle skeletal dysfunctions constitute one of the more common problems related with the illnesses in the work.

Objective: To characterize several clinical and epidemiologic variables of the patients with muscle skeletal dysfunctions of the superior member assisted in the Military Hospital of Matanzas.

Materials and methods: A descriptive study was developed during the first semester of 2017 year. The studied variables were: developed labor activity, factors of ergonomic risks, muscle skeletal dysfunctions diagnosed, antecedents of previous similar crisis and time of labor inability related with these affections in the last 12 months.

Results: 59.4% of the patients corresponded to the female sex, the labor activity more affected was waitresses and auxiliary of cleaning (18.9 %), the repetitive were present as factor of risk in 64.5% of the patients and the epicondylitis affected to 38.5% of them.

Conclusions: Predominated the female sex, the labor activities more affected were the cleaning, the repetitive was the main factor of risk and the epicondylitis was the diagnose that prevailed. Most of the patients had presented previous similar crisis and periods of labor inability related with muscle skeletal dysfunction.