“Efecto de las actividades de corte manual y en troquel en el miembro superior en personal de la producciòn de calzado de la caltu - ambato”

Abstract

The present investigative work establishes a percentage of the population in charge of carrying out an effort effort specifically for the production of footwear, determining the effect of manual and die cutting activities on the upper limb in footwear production personnel of the CALTU - Ambato. It was done by using the Dash survey which is a specific instrument for measuring the quality of life related to the problems of the upper limb. It took a total of 46 members of the CALTU - Ambato distributed in two groups, one with 21 die-cut workers and 25 hand-cut workers, with a work seniority of more than 6 months. A 6% of die cut workers with problems to wash their backs and difficulty in using the usual technique for their work are determined, later we find with an 8% of manual workers who refer that during the last weeks their problem in The shoulder, arm or hand has interfered with your normal social activities with family, friends, neighbors or groups. It establishes a higher index of difficulty to perform certain activities of its upper member in manual cutting personnel with 18% of the population that determines a slight difficulty index.