This study was conducted with older adults living in a long-stay institution in the city of Foz do Iguacu, Parana, Brazil with the objective of assessing the influence of muscle strength loss in the risk of falls. The sample consisted of 65 elderly who walk without the aid of support for locomotion, 37 women and 28 men, aged between 67 and 80 years. The risk of falls was assessed through the TUG test. To determine the handgrip strength, a hand dynamometer model Jamar ® was used, which provides the result in kg / force (kgf), being held only with the dominant hand. The results showed that in the last 12 months, only 32% of the elderly surveyed had no fall and the average handgrip strength was 24.32 ± 11.22 kgf; 40% had one fall and the average handgrip strength was 23.82 ± 10.18 kgf; 8% had two falls and the average handgrip strength was 19.48 ± 8.21 kgf and 20% had more than one fall and the average handgrip strength of 18.13 ± 7.33 Kgf., indicating that the force levels are statistically lower among elderly at high risk of falls (p> 0.05). It was concluded that the lower the force level, the greater the likelihood of falls. Thus, it is important to stress that due to the loss of muscle strength, all ergonomic hazards and architectural barriers must be removed so that older adults can perform their tasks more easily, with comfort and safety.

The Ergonomic Work Analysis reports that there are many activities performed by the professional caregivers and that they are exposed to physical and psychological overload. This situation favors the emergence of pain which influences the quality of life in the work place. In this way, the objective of this study was to verify the main postural constraints adopted by caregivers in public day cares. Visits were conducted in 28 day cares aiming at performing an interview to 126 caregivers who have been working for more than 4 years. From the questionnaire it was found that 80% of the participants refer some sort of pain, being 42% in the trunk, 33% in the shoulder and 25% in the lower limbs. The data from OWAS method showed that from the total of 30 postures performed during the work One could see that the main postures adopted by the caregivers were: flexion, lateral inclination and rotation of the trunk and most of the time they are standing. These movements, when bad performed, can lead to injuries in the lower limbs, upper limbs and trunk. It´s necessary more attention to these workers.Thought preventive ergonomic actions to reduce pain symptoms and promote a work in health and safety.

Introdução: Não há um consenso sobre frequência, intensidade, número de repetições e tempo de duração do alongamento muscular. Objetivo: Verificar em que tempo, 15 ou 30 s, é produzido maior ganho de extensibilidade após a intervenção e no decorrer do tempo. Métodos: A amostra foi composta por 16 mulheres com retração de isquiotibiais, divididas em dois grupos, com protocolos em três séries de alongamento estático. O G1 realizou alongamento durante 15s; e o G2, em 30s. Utilizou-se um período controle entre avaliações (AV1-AV2) de sete dias, em seguida, ocorreram os alongamentos por cinco dias consecutivos, com nova avaliação ao final destes (AV3); após dois dias sem intervenção (AV4), e finalmente após cinco dias (AV5). Resultados e Conclusão: Para o G1 e o G2, houve aumento da extensibilidade, mas, na comparação entre os grupos, o G2 mostrou maior aumento e manutenção dos valores.

O Tratamento Manipulativo Osteopático (TMO) foi testado com sucesso no contexto de neonatos a termo saudáveis. No presente estudo foram monitorados os efeitos da TMO sobre a Frequência Cardíaca (FC), Saturação de Oxigênio (SpO2) e Frequência Respiratória (FR); imediatamente após o tratamento e após 10 minutos e 24 horas. O objetivo do presente estudo foi avaliar a efetividade do tratamento manipulativo osteopático nos valores da FC, SpO2 e FR e comparar com o efeito do toque estático. Materiais e Métodos: a pesquisa trata-se de um ensaio clínico aleatório de acordo com as regras do Consort-Statement, a amostra foi composta por 46 neonatos, recrutados no Hospital Universitário do Oeste do Paraná no ano de 2020; os participantes do estudo foram alocados aleatoriamente em dois grupos: Toque estático (G1) e Tratamento Manipulativo Osteopática (G2); a intervenção foi realizada em um único procedimento. Resultados: houve significância estatística no pós intervenção imediata, para a redução da FC para os dois grupos e para o G2 também foram identificados aumento da SpO2 e redução da FR na avaliação de 10 minutos e 24 horas pós intervenção. Portanto, conclui-se que para neonatos, uma única intervenção osteopática pode induzir a alterações benéficas sobre os sinas vitais.

O leite materno tem inúmeras vantagens, entre elas, a diminuição da morbimortalidade infantil. Por esse motivo, a OMS e o Ministério da Saúde recomendam que os bebês sejam amamentados exclusivamente até os seis meses de idade, porém, são poucas as mães que alcançam essa meta, pois metade delas interrompe a amamentação de forma precoce devido a problemas biomecânicos do primeiro mês. Alguns autores relacionam a presença de disfunções cranianas e alterações de suturas cranianas às dificuldades de amamentação. Objetivo: Identificar a morfologia das suturas cranianas em neonatos com dificuldade na mamada. Materiais e métodos: Foram entrevistadas as mães em fase puérpera internadas no setor de maternidade do Hospital Universitário do Oeste do Paraná (HUOP) que relatassem dificuldade do recém-nascido para amamentação e posteriormente, foi realizada uma avaliação osteopática da morfologia craniana do bebê. Resultados: 100% da amostra possuíram alteração no alinhamento das suturas cranianas, a maior incidência foi sobre a sutura lambdoidea com 88%, em seguida sutura sagital com 79% e coronal com 74%. Conclusão: Os resultados sugerem que a presença de disfunções nas suturas cranianas predispõe a dificuldade na mamada, porém a literatura é escassa, sendo necessário mais estudo sobre o assunto.

Injuries of repetitive efforts constitute one of the prime causes of absenteeism in the workplace, bear a considerable cost for the public health system and can cast doubt on the sustainability of a company. The objective of this paper is to build, in the researchers, the needed knowledge to choose a set of relevant scientific articles about repetitive strain injuries in the poultry meat industry, aiming to identify characteristics in those scientific publications that have the potential to contribute to the topic of this paper. The research is characterized as exploratory-descriptive, and draws on primary and secondary data sources. The study involves the application of a method for the selection and analysis of the selected articles. To this end, the method utilized was the knowledge development process-constructivist (Proknow-C), as the theoretical intervention instrument. Within the process development, a portfolio of 16 articles aligned to the research and scientifically recognized with the main periodicals, papers, authors and keywords was obtained. The ProKnow-C process allowed us to identify opportunities in the literature about injuries in the poultry meat industry and showed opportunities for future research. This paper, under the constructivist perspective, presents a structured process to build, in the researcher, the necessary knowledge for the identification, selection and analysis of relevant scientific articles relating to research context and, for these articles, find prominences and opportunities for a research theme without similar publications.

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This research aimed to determine the handgrip strength difference between (ƃ) and (Ƃ) and its influence on the incidence of RSI / WRULD in meat-packing plants. The study had the participation of 201 workers from the bone sector of a pig slaughterhouse located in the municipality of Sao Miguel do Iguacu, state of Parana, Brazil, being 98 men and 103 women with mean age of 34.3 ( ± 4.7 years) and weight of 66.3 (± 6.5 kg) for (Ƃ) and 36.5 (± 6.4 years) and weight of 77.6 (± 5.8 kg) for (ƃ). Handgrip strength was used in the evaluation. Descriptive statistics and "t" test were applied, with significance level of 0.05% for strength test and percentage of pain levels. The results were presented according to gender (ƃ) 44.94 kgf (± 4.51) for the dominant hand (DH) and 41.09 kgf (± 4.09) for the non-dominant hand (NDH), and for males (Ƃ), the average was 29.20 kgf (± 2.20) for DH and 28.40 kgf (± 2.39) for NDH. Statistical analysis indicated a "t" greater than 0.05 with 3.49% for DH and 2.95 for NDH, showing that (ƃ) and (Ƃ) have strength levels significantly different in both hands and this study indicated that females have 35% less strength in the DH and 30.8% in the NDH. With regard to pain symptoms, pain for (Ƃ) was higher than for (ƃ), with 21.5% in the shoulder region, 25% in neck, 48% in the column, 48.7% and in the arms and 48.8% in wrists and hands. It could be concluded that (Ƃ) have less strength and higher percentage of pain in relation to (ƃ) when exposed to repetitive work and with identical tasks. Thus, it becomes clear that to avoid RSI / WRULD in meat-packing plants, companies should use knowledge on ergonomics in order to provide a work environment that respects the physiological differences between males and females.