Prevalencia de trastornos musculares lumbares detectados mediante exploración física y factores de riesgos asociados a su aparición en obreros de las bodegas de la empresa Juan Eljuri, Cuenca 2015

Abstract

Background: The muscle disorders that compromise the lumbar area are the cause of physical overexertion during working hours resulting in a fatigue that produces alterations in different muscle chains. By which the determination of the number of workers who have these disorders and their association with the risk factors is of great importance, because these data the company can take the respective measures of prevention to reduce the occurrence of new cases. Objective: To determine the prevalence of lumbar muscle disorders and to identify the risk factors associated with its appearance, in the workers of the wineries on the Company Juan Eljuri, Cuenca 2015. Methodology: Analytical cross-sectional study conducted in the workers of the areas of the warehouse of the Company John Eljuri, 2015. The information was obtained about the participants with lumbar muscle disorders, was detected through physical examination and was collected in a medical history and analyzed for its respective distribution and association with the risk factors raised in our study. Results: 60% of workers in the warehouse area presented lumbar muscle disorders, reaching a higher frequency in the age range of 20-29 years, an association was found between the presence of the disorder with the flexing motion more twisting trunk carried more than 20 times, proving this a main risk factor in comparison with the other repetitive movements of the trunk