“Efectos de las actividades de corte en la region cervical y lumbar en el personal de elaboración de calzado en la ciudad de Ambato”

Abstract

The objective of the present research is to know the effects of cutting activities in the cervical and lumbar region on the personnel who make footwear in the city of Ambato based on the experiences of many professionals in physical therapy who receive patients with ailments of This type and considering that a real study has never been carried out within footwear factories where the productive processes and other activities related to the profession are still carried out manually, few workers and employees have considered these health effects and not They take preventive measures until the diseases become irreversible. The research has been carried out within the footwear companies of the city of Ambato directly and under the authorization of managers, managers and other personnel in charge of the personnel working in the cutting sector with the express consent of the workers themselves Who have been able to respond expressly and directly to the applied evaluation instrument, which has been the basic source of the information that was tabulated and analyzed in order to determine the degree of affectation that the worker has when performing the shoe cutting activities . After applying the OSWESTRY and NDI instruments, after the statistical analysis it can be determined that there are levels of involvement in the cervical and lumbar zones of the workers who are in charge of the section of cut in the companies of footwear as it was proposed in the realized study.