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    “Prevalencia de lesiones músculo esqueléticas de tobillo en militares en servicio activo que pertenecen a la Esforse - Ambato”.
    (Universidad Técnica de Ambato - Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud - Carrera de Terapia Física, 2018-08-01) Romero Naranjo, Gilber Marino; Moscoso Córdova, Grace Verónica
    Musculoskeletal disorders of the ankle in the militia is an inherent problem in the profession, the present research project was aimed at determining the prevalence of musculoskeletal ankle injuries in active duty soldiers of the Army Training School of Soldiers Ambato, this is an epidemiological observation study that is carried out in the second quarter of 2017, a historical analysis of the medical reports of the military that presented musculoskeletal disorders of the ankles was carried out. It was observed that in the period from March to June of the year 2017 there were 54 military men who attended musculoskeletal disorders of the ankle, 94.4% were male, the groups with the highest frequency of disorders were the military from 24 to 30 years and (n = 17), those with the lowest frequency presented ankle injuries were those older than 40 years with 7.4% (n = 4), the instructors had a higher prevalence of (n = 26), sprain with 57.4% (n = 31) was the most prevalent pathology, we conclude that military instructors are the ones that most frequently presented with muscle disorders skeletal with a representation close to half of the cases is to say that for every 2 military men with musculoskeletal disorders one is an instructor, it should also be noted that the drivers also presented a considerable percentage, while being personal health or armourer may be considered a low risk position for musculoskeletal disorders of the ankle and the most frequent pathologies were ankle sprain and aquiline tendonitis, the pathologies with lesser representation were ankle contusion, calcaneus fracture and traumatism of the ankle. Achilles tendon.
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    “ Prevalencia de lesiones músculo esquelética de hombro en militares en servicio activo que pertenecen a la ESFORSE-Ambato
    (Universidad Técnica de Ambato - Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud - Carrera de Terapia Física, 2018-08-01) Ortiz Ponce, Limber Francisco; Moscoso Córdova, Grace Verónica
    Musculoskeletal disorders of the Shoulder are a subject of great interest within the Physiotherapy literature, particularly with respect to recurrence rates and the ideal technical indications for treatment. Little has been published specifically addressing the occupational implications of shoulder instability in the military. The present research project aimed to determine the prevalence of shoulder musculoskeletal disorders in soldiers in active service of the Soldiers Training School in the period from March to June 2017, an analysis of the medical records was made of soldiers with these disorders to determine its prevalence. It was observed that in the period from March to June of the year 2017 there were 38 cases of soldiers with musculoskeletal disorders of the shoulder, 94.7% correspond to the male sex, the groups with the highest frequency of disorders were the military with more than 30 years ( 65.8%), instructors and athletes had a higher prevalence of these disorders with a representation of 65.9% and 26.3% respectively, the rotator cuff syndrome had a frequency of 34.2% followed by biceps tendonitis by 21.1%. It is concluded that the prevalence of musculoskeletal disorders of the shoulder in the soldiers of the Ambato Soldiers Training School "Vencedores del Cenepa" is 12.8%, that is, 3 out of every 100 active service soldiers have compatible cadres with said disorders in the period described above.