Work-related upper extremity disorders (WRUED) Injury, Occupational Diseases, Poisoning
Conditions
Interventions
A group will receive ergonomics orientation and another will receive ergonomics orientation and motor control training for movement re-education. Both groups will be followed-up for 4 weeks and will b
Sponsors
Federal University of Juiz de Fora (Brazil)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1. Patients, either sex, aged between 20 and 55, with specific or non specific WRUED who complain about pain in the cervical area, shoulders, elbow, forearm, wrist and hands and have difficulty to make work-related as well as daily life movements for at least 6 months. 2. Patients who have agreed to interrupt the traditional physiotherapeutic treatment and to participate in this study for 4 weeks. 3. Patients who have painless movement in at least 60% of the normal range of movement of the glenohumeral joint for flexion and rotation.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1. Patients in the acute stage, which is defined by flogistic signs and limitation of the range of movement in the initial angles due to pain. 2. Patients submitted to surgery due to WRUED. 3. Patients with established diagnosis of the following: 3.1. Cervical discopathies 3.2. Neurological diseases 3.3. Fibromyalgia and rheumatic diseases 3.4. Cancer 3.5. Severe psychiatric disease 3.6. Pregnancy 3.7. Hypermobility syndrome
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Pain, assessed through the Visual Analogue Pain Scale (VAS) | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Work Ability Index validated in Brazil | — |
Countries
Brazil
Outcome results
None listed