Musculoskeletal Disorders In Informal Mining Workers

Milena Nunes Alves De Sousa,Elisangela Vilar De Assis,Luiz Carlos De Abreu,Branca Maria De Oliveira Santos,Ankilma Do Nascimento Andrade Feitosa,Italla Maria Pinheiro Bezerra,Paulo Roberto Veiga Quemelo,Dernival Bertoncello,Carlos Bandeira De Mello Monteiro,Hermes Melo Teixeira Batista,Paula Christianne Gomes Gouveia Souto Maia,José Eduardo Zaia

doi:10.3823/1782

Milena Nunes Alves De Sousa, Elisangela Vilar De Assis + Show 10 more

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Introduction: Among the segments and modalities of work, the mining activity is considered problematic with regards to the possibilities of disturbances and occupational diseases that can be of physical, biological and social order.Objective: determine the prevalence of musculoskeletal disorders in informal mining workers of the SeridÃ³ region in the state of ParaÃba.Methods: 371 informal workers from the SeridÃ³ region participated in the study. The Nordic Musculoskeletal Questionnaire was used for the evaluation of the musculoskeletal symptoms.Results: musculoskeletal symptomatology was reported by the majority of employees in one or more body segments (60.6%, n = 225). The lumbar region was the most affected (36.4%; n = 135). Men showed higher frequency of lumbar problems (p <0.01) than women. Workers of older age reported more musculoskeletal disorders in various body segments. The miners working more hours also reported higher prevalence of musculoskeletal disorders in some regions of the body. Those miners with longer service time also reported more musculoskeletal disorders present in some body segments.Conclusion: informal workers from the SeridÃ³ region in the state of Paraiba presented high prevalence of musculoskeletal disorders, with greater problems in the lumbar and dorsal regions. The age, the length of service in the mining and the working hours contributed to the prevalence of musculoskeletal disorders. It is necessary to consider the working hours, the length of service and the age of workers to propose interventional measures.

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Among the segments and modalities of work, the mining activity is considered problematic with regards to the possibilities of disturbances and occupational diseases that can be of physical, biological and social order
It includes a human figure composed of nine anatomical regions: cervical, shoulders, arms, elbows, forearms, wrists/hands/ fingers, dorsal region, lumbar region, lower limbs, allowing the researched miner to show on the map the presence of musculoskeletal symptoms in the
Analysis results showed that workers with symp

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Among the segments and modalities of work, the mining activity is considered problematic with regards to the possibilities of disturbances and occupational diseases that can be of physical, biological and social order. Among the segments and modalities of work, the mining activity is considered problematic with regards to the possibilities of disturbances and occupational diseases that can be physical, biological and social [2] Among these barriers, it is highlighted the Work-Related Musculoskeletal Disorders The WMSDs cover the medical conditions of the musculoskeletal system acquired by the worker exposed to specific working conditions, contemplating inflammatory and/or degenerative disorders which affect tendons, nerves, muscles, joints, among others [3]. Such attacks result, especially in pain, numbness, heaviness, tingling, fatigue and functional disability [11], significantly reducing the ability to work and the worker’s quality of life

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