ACTIVITY IN ENGLISH

OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE

PRESENTED BY:

YASMIN MENDEZ RANGEL ID: 477108

YULY ALEJANDRA GUTIÉRREZ ID: 460494

JUAN CAMILO QUINTERO ID: 424470

TATIANA MANJARREZ BARRIOS ID: 262208

PRESENTED TO:

MARIA MERCEDES BECERRA MEDINA

UNIVERSITY CORPORATION MINUTO DE DIOS

ADMINISTRATION IN OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH

ERGONOMICS NRC: 23165

NEIVA –HUILA

2019
 INTRODUCTION

In the workplace there are various diseases caused by any of these activities or tasks

performed, which cause damage to our health if not treated in time, within these occupational

diseases we find Lateral Epicondylitis or well-known as tennis elbow which is a painful

condition of the tendons that are attached to the bone on the outside (side) of the elbow, the

cause of this condition is related to work activities that apply tension in the joints of the

tendon, where repetitive grabs or restraints are performed such as; in carpenters, lumberjacks,

butchers, cleaning services; among others, this will be interpreted in the following case of

occupational disease.
 CASE OR LABOR DISEASE

DESCRIPTION OF THE ACTIVITIES:

WORK: Carpenter; Instalación and manufacture of doors of rooms, bathrooms,

main doors, upper and lower kitchen furniture, closet, bathroom furniture, beds

Carlos Perdomo, 29 years old, is a carpenter by profession, he has worked for 4

years in the Constructions and Finishes Company as a carpenter, his tasks are;

manufacture and installation of carpentry in wood, began to feel discomfort

which manifests pain and loss of strength since 15 days ago, which has been

getting worse the last 5 days, feels pain in the outer face of the right elbow that

with the passage of the weeks was increasing becoming difficult for him to carry

out his work. In order to continue exercising his activity he decided to use his

left arm which ended up causing him pain also in said elbow, which is

recommended to pass for medical examination, which says and recommends the

following: In the iniciar physical examination the patient presented pain and

difficulty for the palmar grip and wrist extension against resistance in both

elbows; in the palpation we observed hypertonia of the extending musculature of

wrist and hand (Muscular hypertonia is a pathology whose origin lies in the

nervous system. However, its effects become visible in the muscular system), In

addition the palpation of both epicondyles was very painful, especially the left,

After the physiotherapy evaluation the following techniques were carried out
combined treatment: Manual Therapy Osteopathy, Shock Waves, Puncture Dries

Bandage, neuromuscular.

RECOMMENDED BY OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AREA

 Monitor the activities of workers

 Review that workers have their protective elements

 pauses activity chords for prevention of lateral epicondylitis

 training to raise awareness of the risk to health that causes lateral

epicondylitis

 Training courses and repercussions of movement limits

 REFERENCES

 UGT. (2019)., lateral epicondylitis; RECOVERED OF;

http://www.ugt.cat/download/salut_laboral/vigilancia_de_la_salut/malalties_prof

essionals/6.%20EPICONDILITIS.pdf

 ASSH.(2014).; lateral epicondylitis (tennis elbow), RECOVERED OF;

http://www.assh.org/handcare/espanol/epicondilitis-lateral-codo-de-tenista-

tennis-elbow