Evaluation of muscular injury and bone injury on superior limbs, related to the job, through specific muscular tests and pain reports in temporary workers of small and medium civil construction industry

摘要

This study presents the evaluation of the existence of injury at muscle and bone related to the job in superior limbs. The evaluation was performed in temporary civil construction workers of small and medium caliber, in six different sites, in the city of Ponta Grossa, Parana. The research is a qualitative case study of a descriptive and exploratory kind. A questionnaire was utilized and specific muscular tests were performed in order to obtain the results. Twenty seven pain reports were discovered, and eight of them were confirmed as occupational pathologies by specific tests directed to those pathologies. One can conclude that it is possible to identify real and potential occupational pathologies through the comparison of pain complaints and specific muscular manipulation.