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musculoskeletal disorders
physiotherapists
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Abstract
Objective: To identify the employment conditions associated to musculoskeletal disorders in physiotherapists in Ibague.
Materials and methods: transversal study held with 50 physiotherapists in Ibague (Tolima), carried out during the second semester in 2017, who volunteered to participate by taking an online survey, which allowed the sociodemographic data gathering, conditions of employment and symptomatology associated to musculoskeletal disorders. Results: in the bivariate analysis there were found statistically significant, in relation to work hours and the presence of musculoskeletal disorders in general,
salary assignation and the existence of musculoskeletal disorders in the back, salary assignation and the presence of musculoskeletal disorders in the senior member (MMSS), number of jobs and the presence of musculoskeletal disorders in senior member and salary assignation and presence of musculoskeletal
disorders in the senior member. Conclusions: there is a wide connection within some of the variables associated to employment conditions with the development of DME in physiotherapists
from Ibague, it is advisable to carry out new investigations to throw light on how employment conditions are associated to
development and acquisition of DME and to propose possible suggestions that impact positively the prevalence diminishment of getting DME.
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