Los trastornos musculoesqueléticos representan un 59% de todas las enfermedades profesionales registradas por las estadísticas europeas y principal causa de ausentismo laboral de más de tres días, sin que se apliquen medidas de prevención, protección y control adecuadas. 1
MEDICINA y SEGURIDAD del trabajo occupational health and safety and current legislation related to musculoskeletal problems. These should focus on the accommodation ergonomic workstation in order to reduce the impact caused by repeated exposure to factors such as load handling, awkward postures and repetitive body movements and the cumulative effect from previous work.
Different forms of prevention to reduce the incidence of musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) have been proposed, however, there is no national evidence on the assessment made by workers on the actions implemented by companies. The purpose of this study was to assess workers' perception of the benefit of exercise in the workplace to prevent MSDs. Method: In the context of an evaluation study of exercise effectiveness in the prevention of MSDs in manufacturing workers, a perception survey was applied to all workers (n = 109). Results: 92.3% of the workers considered it important to exercise in the workplace and 82.8% associated it with a healthy behavior, they reported a high level of satisfaction in the group practice of the exercises (96%) and agree to implement it as a permanent prevention strategy. Conclusion: The workers give high importance to the application of exercise in the workplace, regardless of their modality, which tend to relate to positive perception and beneficial effects for their health.. The application of this type of exercise has a high acceptability by workers, facilitating its implementation and achievement of objectives.
Los estudiantes de odontología son agentes involucrados en la educación de los cuidados bucodentales. No se han publicado estudios nacionales que describan sus hábitos de higiene oral.
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