Os efeitos da ginástica laboral na dor e qualidade de vida em grupos de costureiras com cervicalgia

Abstract

Introduction: Currently in Brazil, companies are not too concerned about offering its workers ideal working conditions. In the sewing industry in which the seated posture for long periods can cause musculoskeletal pain, fatigue, muscle contractures and other complications, causing departures workers, seeking for prevention, labor gymnastic has been used in jobs. Objective: To evaluate and measure the effects of labor gymnastics in groups of seamstresses with neck pain. Methodology: sample comprised a group of 30 seamstresses with pain in the cervical region, with 16 subjects in the experimental group and 14 in the control group, which were applied 2 (SF-36 and VAS) questionnaires before and after 5 weeks of labor gymnastics for the experimental group and the questionnaires only to the control group. Results: It was found improvement in 7 of 8 domains evaluated from EG, and worsened in 7 of the 8 domains of the CG. Conclusion: It was found that a program of labor Gymnastics drafted so as to meet the shortcomings of the target population, led to positive changes in the quality of life for workers.