Name of the thesis: Occurence of work-related musculoskeletal disorders among physiotherapists Objective: The objective of this thesis is to determine the prevalence of work-related muskoloskeletaldisorders among physiotherapists in Czech Republic in the past 12 months, based on data acquired from a random sample of physiotherapists. Methods: The acquisition od data was done via self filled questionnaire which was inspired by WRMDs prevalence questionnaire from Kuwait made in 2010 and a WRMDs prevalence questionnaire from Nigeria made in 2008. Both previously mentioned questionnaires were based on the Standardized Scandinavian Musculoskeletal Questionnarie. In the questionnaire, closed, semi-closed and open questions were used. The questionnaire could bef illed in its printed form or electronically, depending on respondents' preferences. The sample comprised of 110 respondents. The data obtained from the questionnaire was processed via SPSS statistical program and charts made in Microsoft Excel 2007. Findings: The data obtained from the questionnaire revealed that the prevalence of WRMDs samong physiotherapists in Czech Republic in the past 12 month swas 65,5%. The body area with the highest prevalence of pain was cervical spine (41.8%). Respondents ranging from 20-30 years of age reported higher...

Made available in DSpace on 2016-06-02T20:18:18Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 TeseIAPW.pdf: 1512962 bytes, checksum: fa65d9db2288861ce39f29eb99b3533c (MD5) Previous issue date: 2004-12-02 / Work-related musculoskeletal disorders (WRMDs) are diseases that result in persistent pain, loss of functional capacity and associated work disability. This diagnostic is important because it is used to guide clinical and legal decisions. Their initial diagnosis is difficult because such diagnoses are based on complaints of pain and they often involve conflicting social and economic interests. Because of the complexity of such diagnoses, further studies are needed in order to analyze the association between subjective descriptions and objective findings. Therefore was made two research. The objective of the first research was to evaluate the impact of personal, clinical and occupational aspects on work ability of workers with and without WRMDs using an approved version of the Work Ability Index (WAI) and pain scale. This evaluated 127 workers of industrial production lines. A descriptive analysis was carried out using the Chi-square test and it was also performed a logistic regression analysis. A significant association was identified between the WAI and all personal, clinical and occupational aspects. Regression analysis showed that pain and sick leave together accounted for 59% of poor work ability. The objective of the second research was to evaluate the clinical and functional aspects of WRMDs, in relation to physical evaluation, perception of pain, self-reporting of symptoms and functional ability, among active workers at a single company with and without symptoms or evidence of this disorders. 134 female workers were physically evaluated by two trained physiotherapists. They filled out a questionnaire on discomfort due to pain, a pain scale, the Oswestry Disability Questionnaire (ODQ) and the Work Ability Index (WAI). The results were correlated and logistic regressions were run. According to the results symptom reports were explained by the results from the pain scale and the clinical findings and clinical findings by symptom reports and WAI. In two research the relationship between pain, symptom reports and clinical findings demonstrates that the patient s current state can be assessed not only by means of objective examinations, but also by means of instruments that take into account the patient s perception of his or her state. / Os distúrbios ostemusculares relacionados ao trabalho (DORT) podem resultar em dor crônica, diminuição da capacidade funcional e associada incapacidade para o trabalho.Seu diagnóstico é importante pois direciona as decisões clínicas e legais. No entanto, essas lesões apresentam desafios para seu diagnóstico e prognóstico, uma vez que envolvem indicadores subjetivos, porque há fatores de interesses sociais e econômicos envolvidos. Em função desta complexidade, mais estudos são necessários para analisar a associação entre relatos subjetivos e achados objetivos. Desta forma foram realizados dois estudos. O objetivo do primeiro foi avaliar o impacto de fatores pessoais, do trabalho e da lesão na capacidade funcional dos trabalhadores com e sem história de acometimento de lesões músculo-esqueléticas relacionadas ao trabalho, utilizando a aplicação autorizada do Índice de Capacidade para o Trabalho (WAI) e escala de dor. Este avaliou 127 trabalhadores de linhas de produção industrial. Os resultados foram analisados descritivamente, por meio do teste Qui-quadrado e pela análise de regressão logística. Todos os fatores pessoais, ocupacionais e clínicos analisados apresentaram relação significativa com a capacidade para o trabalho. A análise de regressão mostrou que dor e afastamento do trabalho explicaram juntas 59% da baixa capacidade para o trabalho. O objetivo do segundo estudo foi avaliar os aspectos clínicos e funcionais dos DORT, em relação a avaliação clínica, percepção da dor, auto-relato de sintomas e capacidade funcional através da avaliação de trabalhadores de uma mesma empresa, com sem sintomas de DORT. 134 mulheres foram fisicamente avaliadas por dois fisioterapeutas treinados e responderam a um questionário relacionado a sensação de dor ou desconforto, escala de dor, questionário de incapacidade de Oswestry (ODQ) e índice de capacidade para o trabalho (WAI). Os resultados foram correlacionados e a análise de logística foi aplicada. Os resultados indicaram que relatos de sintomas foram explicados pela escala de dor e exame clínico e o exame clínico foi explicado pelos relatos de sintomas e WAI. As associações entre dor, relatos de sintomas e exame clínico, demonstraram que o estado atual do paciente pode ser avaliado não somente por exames objetivos mas também por meio de instrumentos que levem em conta a percepção do próprio paciente sobre seu estado.