Prevalencia y factores de riesgo de patologías osteomusculares de hombro en los pacientes que asistieron al centro de rehabilitación de Yaguachi, durante el periodo 2018 - 2019.

Abstract

The shoulder joint complex is one of the joints with the highest risk of disease due to its great mobility and instability, excessive use and repetitive movements could present different types of damage, injuries or pathologies, the objective of this study was to determine the prevalence and risk factors in osteomuscular shoulder pathologies that occur in patients attending the Yaguachi rehabilitation center in the period from June 2018 to June 2019 prior to a guide to therapeutic exercises, with a focus quantitative, in which data from the medical records were collected, which seeks to test the hypothesis through a statistical analysis. The Data showed that of the 144 patients with specific osteomuscular shoulder injuries. A high prevalence of Rotator Cuff Rupture was found in 19% of patients, in this study predominated the male sex 60% and the main occupations are agriculture 48%. It was evident that there is a high prevalence rate of musculoskeletal pathologies due to associated risk factors, such as age, gender and occupation in the study population.