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Este trabalho trata-se de um relato de experiência sobre o projeto de extensão: Ginástica Laboral para servidores da Universidade do Estado da Bahia - Campus XII, que teve como objetivo oferecer aulas de ginástica para os trabalhadores da referida instituição, a fim de contribuir para a qualidade de vida dos mesmos, sobretudo, no que se refere à orientação e oportunidade de prática regular de exercícios físicos e também para a adoção de um estilo de vida saudável. Durante todo o projeto foi possível identificar as contribuições da Ginástica Laboral para os servidores, através das expressões ao realizarem as atividades, em especial nas recreativas, nas expectativas quanto às atividades seguintes, na interação social atuando sobre a timidez de alguns participantes, nos diálogos informais a respeito da permanência do projeto, nas respostas dos questionários e no tocante a diminuição de dores musculares, e na compreensão da importância da Ginástica Laboral.

Disclusion time reduction (DTR) is an objective treatment protocol using T-Scan III (digital analysis of occlusion) and electromyography for treating occlusally activated orofacial pains. Chronic occluso-muscle disorder is a myogenous subset of temporomandibular disorder symptoms. These muscular symptoms are induced within hyperactive masticatory muscles due to prolonged disclusion time, occlusal interferences, and occlusal surface friction that occur during mandibular excursive movements. This case report describes a patient treated by DTR therapy, whereby measured pretreatment prolonged disclusion time was reduced to short disclusion time using the immediate complete anterior guidance development enameloplasty, guided by T-Scan occlusal contact time and force analysis synchronized with electromyographic recordings of four masticatory muscles.

A lot of workers complain of backache, muscular pains and working in painful or tiring postures [1]. To reduce workload and consequently the drop out of workers due to these complaints, companies adapt the work place, provide tools and/or give training. The objective of this study is to investigate in a real working environment during picking of boxes, the effect of using good lifting techniques and/or work height adjustments on the physical workload. Five subjects, with experience in lifting, were asked to pick up 12 boxes of 11 kg from a pallet and place them on a cart. They had to repeat this four times. Two times with the pallet on the ground, using first a bad and then a good technique, and two times with an increased height, also using first a bad and then a good technique. 3D registration of movements (TEA, CAPTIV), was used to measure the postures of back and hips. Due to the small amount of subjects, a descriptive analysis was used. Results showed that using a good technique and increased working height can help to reduce the time spent in harmful postures of the back during lifting boxes. Further research is needed with larger groups of subjects to evaluate these results.

Myrianthus arboreus P. Beauv (Cecropiaceae) is a shrub or a tree plant widely distributed in Tropical Africa. In the South Eastern part of Nigeria, the leaves are used in traditional medicine as an analgesic for muscular pains, and also as an enema to relieve pain in the back and loins. Although no scientific study has been performed to validate its traditional use in pain management, this study therefore aims at investigating the anti-nociceptive activity of M. arboreus leaves extract in mice.Anti-nociceptive activity of M. arboreus was investigated using acetic acid induced writhing, formalin induced paw licks, hot plate, and tail flick tests. Acute toxicity was determined using a slightly modified Lorkes method.The extract of M. arboreus produced a significant dose-dependent [F (4, 20)=13.48 p0.001] inhibition of abdominal writhings induced by acetic acid. In the formalin paw licking test, it produced a significant dose-dependent inhibition of neurogenic and inflammatory pain [F (4, 17.5)=60.13 p0.001]. It also produced a significant dose dependent [F (4, 20)=30.5 p0.001; F (4, 20)=0.321 p0.0001] prolongation of the latency and reaction time in the hot plate and tail immersion tests. Peak effect was observed at the highest dose (40 mg/kg). LD50 of the plant was found to be 894 mg/kg.M. arboreus possesses potent antinociceptive activity mediated centrally and peripherally, an effect which may justify its traditional use in the management of pain.

Musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) are the most common work-related health problem, with almost one in four workers reporting backache and one in five complaining of muscular pains. Manual handling, lifting, holding, putting down, pushing, pulling, carrying or movement of a load, is the largest cause of injury in the textiles sector. Hence, A cross-sectional study with the aim of assessing prevalence of MSDs was conducted among Textile mill workers. Methodology: The study was carried out in five textile mills located in and around Ahmedabad city during August 2011 to August 2012. Result: Prevalence of MSDs was 17.9%. Out of which, 15 (1.7%) had MSDs related to upper limb, 25(2.8%) had MSDs related to lower limb, 64(7.2%) had back pain while 55(6.2%) had bodyache. Occurrence of MSDs was related to pre-employment training status and Body Mass Index whereas MSDs occurrence was not related to age of the workers. Conclusion: MSDs are widely prevalent among textile mill workers and it has an important relationship with pre-employment training and BMI. So, more emphasis is needed to train the workers before they start their job to reduce MSDs in order to have a healthy workforce ultimately contributing to high productivity and gains.

Pain descriptions are influenced not only by a particular pain, but also by the level of the arousal of the brain stem prior to the pain experience, the patient's emotional state, and language idiosyncrasies and ethnically determined behaviors. With recent advances in functional brain imaging, the complexity and plasticity of the brain, along with its anatomical and functional reorganization in the presence of chronic pain, are being subjected to more sophisticated and intensive investigation. A visual analogue scale (VAS), where a patient rates pain using a scale of 0 to 10, or other similar numerical scale is therefore helpful in assessing the patient's personal interpretation of the severity of what they are experiencing. Orofacial pain can also be referred to another site, as happens in dental and muscular pains, or can migrate from site to site, as is common in trigeminal neuropathic orofacial pain.

Background: Onchocerciasis is a disease with a spectrum of manifestations suffered by different infected people. Based on individual perceptions and manifestations presented, demand for the drug Ivermectin was due to different motives and priorities during mass distribution programmes. Subjects and Method: This study presents findings from a sample of 594 persons out of a total of 35,763 treated individuals who voluntarily demanded Ivermectin treatment during a community-based Ivermectin distribution exercise. The distribution, which took place in 2008, was mass distribution of the microfilaricide to control onchocerciasis in endemic communities of Ezinihitte in the Imo River Basin of Nigeria. The subjects who were selected by quota sampling procedure on the basis of community and gender, were asked to rank-order six plausible reasons for seeking treatment in terms of their order of importance in motivating them to demand Ivermectin. Results: “To gain treatment and prevention of Skin Problems” and “Desire to be De-wormed” ranked first and second respectively. “To gain promotion of general wellbeing” and “To improve state of vision and prevent blindness” ranked third and fourth respectively. In the fifth and sixth rank-order positions were “To prevent hanging groin” and “to prevent/relieve enlargement of the scrotum or clitoris” in that order. A test of hypothesis to determine if there was significant agreement among treated persons on the rank order of importance of their reasons for demanding Ivermectin gave a Kendall's Coefficient of Concordance of W = 0.62, p

Jatropha curcas is a drought resistant, perennial plant that grows even in the marginal and poor soil. Raising Jatropha is easy. It keeps producing seeds for many years. In the recent years, Jatropha has become famous primarily for the production of biodiesel; besides this it has several medicinal applications, too. Most parts of this plant are used for the treatment of various human and veterinary ailments. The white latex serves as a disinfectant in mouth infections in children. The latex of Jatropha contains alkaloids including Jatrophine, Jatropham and curcain with anti-cancerous properties. It is also used externally against skin diseases, piles and sores among the domestic livestock. The leaves contain apigenin, vitexin and isovitexin etc. which along with other factors enable them to be used against malaria, rheumatic and muscular pains. Antibiotic activity of Jatropha has been observed against organisms including Staphylococcus aureus and Escherichia coli. There are some chemical compounds including curcin (an alkaloid) in its seeds that make it unfit for common human consumption. The roots are known to contain an antidote against snake venom. The root extract also helps to check bleeding from gums. The soap prepared from Jatropha oil is efficient against buttons. Many of these traditional medicinal properties of Jatropha curcas need to be investigated in depth for the marketable therapeutic products vis-à-vis the toxicological effects thereof. This mini review aims at providing brief biological significance of this plant along with its up-to-date therapeutic applications and risk factors.

Standardization of a compound ayurvedic formulation is essential for establishing its authenticity, quality and efficacy. The present study highlights the standardization of Maharasnadi Kvatha Churna (a polyherbal formulation containing 26 plant materials) which can make contributions to the existing literature. Standardization of formulation was done on the basis of its macroscopic and microscopic characters, physico-chemical parameters, phytochemical screening, flouresence studies and thin layer chromatographic analysis. Phytochemical screening has shown the presence of alkaloids, glycosides, saponins, phytosterols, fixed oils, resins, phenols, flavonoids and tannins. Maharasnadi Kvatha Churna has been used for various diseases related to vata conditions and also used for muscular pains. From the investigations of the study, it can be concluded that the pharmacognostical and phytochemical evaluation of Maharasnadi Kvatha Churna can be used as reference standard for the quality control/quality assurance purpose.

4-year-old boy from Singapore, while on vacation in the United States (fi rst to Georgia and then Washington, D.C.), was evaluated for a subacute progressive ascending weakness. Five days before, he had noted the onset of vague paresthesias and muscular pains beginning in the distal left leg and later in the distal right leg. There was a gradual progression of diffi culties with walking during the next 5 days.

BACKGROUND: the difficulties which exist in order to value correctly the morbimortality caused by influenza during the childhood and the limitations of the proper vaccine make that the use of this vaccination is still limitated in this phase. The objective of the present study is to value the adverse reactions associated to the influenza immunization in children. METHODS: prospective study, carried out in the campaigns 92/ 93, 93/ 94 97/ 98 on 105 children of Navalcarnero with split-virion influenza vaccine with vaccunal strains recommended by the OMS. All the doses are administered by a nurse who also carries out the postimmunization-controls after 72 hours. The adverse reactions are valued, like the zone of injection, sex, age, the previous vaccination and the collection of data by telephone or in consultation. RESULTS: of global form (318 doses), on a local level appears a reaction of 10,7%, in form of erythema (8,5%), induration (7,9%) and pain (only 97/98, 13,9%) and on a systemic level appears a reaction of 11,9%, in form of rhinorrhea (3,1%), general discomfort (2,5%), fever (2,5%), muscular pains (1,6%) and cough (1,6%). In a 89,5% the systemic effects disappear during the first 48 hours. In no case medical consultation was precised. CONCLUSIONS: the vaccine is safe. The adverse reactions that may appear are scarce, slight and well tolerated. There do not exist significant differences in terms of age, sex, the previous vaccination or the collection of the results by telephone or in consultation. The gluteus presents greater local reactogenicity that the deltoidal zone.

A 16-month-old child developed a brief generalised tonic-clonic fitting episode and vomiting at home, after accidental ingestion of traditional massage oil. As the patient presented with clinical features of salicylate toxicity, appropriate management was instituted. He was admitted to the intensive care unit for multiorgan support. The child was discharged well 1emsp14;week after the incident. Methyl-salicylate is a common component of massage oils which are used for topical treatment of joint and muscular pains. However, these massage oils may be toxic when taken orally. Early recognition of the salicylate toxicity is very important in producing a good patient outcome.

As the time passes, the habits and the people's demands move. More and more, the people are complaining for better work conditions and life. (Dull and Weerdmeester, 1995). For that, its work conditions more and more need adaptations, seeking the health, the safety, the comfort, among other, that are the practical objectives of the ergonomics'. With the diffusion of the use of computers, the work positions with terminals of computers are turned frequent in industries and offices demanding like this a larger attention to the new works that it creates. (Iida, 1992). With this frequent use of the computer, it is demanded that the body adopts a static posture during the work day, with the fixed attention in the screen and the hands on the keyboard. Thus, the work in computer terminals can provoke consequences for the worker's health from the visual fatigue, muscular pains in the neck and shoulders, and pains in the tendons of the fingers, due to the ergonomic inadequacy and the demands of the task (Iida, 1992). Therefore, this article says respect to an ergonomic analysis in a work position, accomplished as requirement of the discipline of Ergonomic Engineering of the Work having been chosen the Section of General Registration (SRG) of the University Hospital (HU). It can intend the elaboration of a notebook of responsibilities of ergonomic recommendations that it will allow to establish the several specifications about the future situation, that says respect to the environmental factors and organization.

A case of progressive external ophthalmoplegia is described, in which the onset of the illness was at 28–30 years, with fatigability and muscular pains in the lower limbs as presenting symptoms. At 36

In order to investigate the work load imposed by computer system response time in VDT tasks, a series of surveys was carried out. Task analysis with using VTR system and questionnaire surveys was conducted before, just after and three months after the replacement of host-computer of VDTs in two kinds of VDT tasks in a hospital. The results of task analysis show that the replacement of host-computer brought fast system response time. The questionnaire surveys reveal that operators' mental stress as irritation was serious when system response was slow, and that when it became fast, mental stress disappeared and operators became to be fond of the VDT task more. However operators became to complain the muscular pains in fingers and shoulders, and eye pains after the replacement. It was observed that the operators' complains differed between the two kinds of VDT tasks.

A series of rabbits was subcutaneously injected with three measured doses of killed cultures of two strains of Bacterium pneumosintes derived from the nasopharyngeal secretions of influenza patients. These rabbits were subsequently tested for the development of serum antibodies and for the presence of an induced immunity to the living organisms, with the following results. The serum of eleven of fifteen rabbits, tested from 10 to 27 days after the final subcutaneous injection, specifically agglutinated Bacterium pneumosintes, whereas normal rabbit serum did not. Nineteen vaccinated rabbits were subjected to protection experiments. Two of them were unaffected by an intratracheal injection of Bacterium pneumosintes, contained in the lung tissues of previously infected animals, in a dose which typically affected the control rabbits. Fifteen of the other seventeen proved to be completely resistant when tested by intratracheal injections of Bacterium pneumosintes cultures that produced typical infections in the controls. Ten of these fifteen rabbits were injected intravenously with living cultures of pneumococcus, Streptococcus hamolyticus, or Bacillus pfeifferi in doses which were non-infective under normal conditions, but infective, as experience has shown, in the presence of a primary lesion caused by Bacterium pneumosintes. In none of these animals did infection develop. The two remaining rabbits of the seventeen were not protected against Bacterium pneumosintes by the vaccination, and they further developed a secondary pulmonary infection with Bacillus pfeifferi after its intravenous injection. Control rabbits similarly injected intratracheally with Bacterium pneumosintes, and then intravenously with the pneumococcus, streptococcus, or Bacillus pfeifferi in doses that had proved non-infective for normal rabbits, uniformly developed a secondary infection with these organisms. The mildness of the local reactions and the absence of general signs, following vaccination with Bacterium pneumosintes, indicate that similar injections would be well tolerated in man. There is no evidence that the subcutaneous injection of large doses of the heat-killed organisms reduces the resistance of the animal body to infections with other bacteria. In single rabbit experiments the resistance to intravenously injected pneumococci, streptococci, or Bacillus pfeifferi has been found unreduced immediately after vaccination with Bacterium pneumosintes.

Inherited enzyme deficiencies resulting in defective muscle-glycogen breakdown should be considered as a possible cause of muscular pains, stiffness, and weakness on exertion, when no vascular, neurological, or other recognised cause is apparent. Measurement of the venous blood-lactate concentration before and after "ischaemic exercise " is a useful screening test, and a muscle biopsy should be performed when no rise is found. The specific enzyme defect can then be identified by biochemical and histochemical methods.

The authors have recently encountered at the Hospital Dos de Mayo, Lima, Peru, 5 cases of thallium intoxication within a period of approximately one and a half years. In 1 instance a dense abdominal shadow corresponding to the liver was discovered by chance on roentgenograms obtained in an examination of the lumbosacral spine because of complaints of discomfort in that area. In this article, the clinical and experimental findings of the condition will be described, with stress laid on the roentgen features. Case Report G. J. O., a 22-year-old male, was brought by his family, against his will, to the hospital on Nov. 16, 1961, with a 16-day history of anorexia, epigastric pain, vomiting, myalgias, arthralgias, paresthesias, and hyperesthesias, principally in the arms and legs, but also in the lower back. The physical findings were considered unreliable because of the patient's lack of co-operation. He was moderately dehydrated and in no acute distress. There were muscular pains, especially when the arms an...

Tender indurated nodules and plaques are formed in the subcutaneous fat which terminate, after resolution, in atrophy. With the development of new lesions, a febrile reaction occurs with nausea, vomiting and muscular pains. The thighs are mostly involved. The nodules are hard, freely movable, irregular masses. A liquefying type has been described. The treatment is purely symptomatic.

T HE purpose of this report is to bring to the attention of physicians a condition which can be readily overlooked and characterized as a “virus infection,” “influenza” or “grippe,” but in reality is a distinct, self-Iimited but disabling disease. It is a syndrome which is ignored in the standard textbooks of medicine but which can be found in texts on toxicology and industrial hygiene. It is apparently better known to plumbers than to physicians and is called “galvo” by them. However, the disease occurs also among workers in brass foundries, hence is often called brass-founders’ ague and brasiers’ disease. Although it is most commonly caused t)y zinc fumes, it apparently can be caused by other metals and is therefore called metal fume fever. Metal fume fever is an industrial disease produced by the inhalation of zinc oxide fumes when zinc is heated in an oxidizing atmosphere to a temperature near the boiling point, as in smelting, galvanizing, brass-founding, brazing and oxyacetylene welding of galvanized iron. The symptoms are systemic, disabling and resemble those of influenza. It is characterized I))chills, fever, muscular pains, nausea and vomiting, followed by some degree of prostration. Complete recovery occurs in twenty-four to forty-eight hours. Workers exposed to the disease acquire immunity to attacks but, given a period of removal from the environment as occurs following week ends or holidays, susceptitjility returns. l

A typical outbreak of gastro-enteritis was reported. Oct. 23, 1924. The cases were restricted to about 140 persons of 225 eating regularly at the dining room of the women's hall of West Virginia University. Of 193 girl students questioned, 124 were affected with an acute gastro-enteritis, preceded by cramps, chills and fever, and vomiting, and accompanied by muscular pains, diarrhea and prostration. All made a prompt and uneventful recovery. The earliest case reported began at midnight Monday, October 20. Other cases followed rapidly, 109 cases being reported on Tuesday, thirteen on Wednesday, and one mild and atypical case on Thursday. On Wednesday, forty-five girls were prostrated in bed. The peak was between noon and 6 p. m. Tuesday, when thirty-three cases were reported. Subsequent study based on written questionnaires traced the source of trouble beyond reasonable doubt to the Monday noon meal. During the period of a week preceding to

Great confusion has prevailed in the use of the term rheumatism, since it has been applied to all sorts of painful affections of the joints and even to more indefinite muscular pains. Deforming types of arthritis have been included, and such expressions as rheumatoid arthritis have been employed. But for many years it has been recognized that there is one condition in which painful swelling of the joints is variously combined with tonsillitis, chorea, fever, subcutaneous nodules and especially with profound disease of the heart, that stands apart from all the rest and is most commonly known as acute rheumatic fever. I shall speak simply of rheumatism, to refer to this condition, because it seems that the term applies properly to no other. Rheumatism is an infectious disease that occurs in children or in young adults, sometimes with a very acute course, more often progressing slowly with several explosions of

Rat-bite fever is an infectious disease following the bite of a rat, or much more rarely, the bite of some animal having contact with rats (weasel, ferret, cat). There is an incubation period of from one to sixty days, averaging about two weeks. This is followed by one or more febrile attacks, accompanied by a characteristic rash. As a rule there are many of these paroxysms, which tend to recur with remarkable regularity, at intervals of from five to ten days. The duration of the individual attack averages from two to three days. The temperature rises gradually, to attain the maximum on the second day, and falls by crisis, with profuse sweating. Severe muscular pains and dysphagia are often prominent symptoms. In the interval between attacks the patient feels almost well. This is the usual form of the disease. In cases, however, in which there is only one attack, the

A condition characterized by sudden onset, prostration, fever, jaundice, muscular pains, hemorrhagic tendencies and renal involvement was first described by Weil 1 in 1886. In 1914 Inada was able to transmit this disease to guinea pigs by inoculating them with blood taken from patients suffering from this disease. The following year he 2 discovered that a spirochete was the etiologic agent. Noguchi 3 found that this organism differed from other spirochetes in that it did not have a terminal filament and that it was resistant to 10 per cent saponin and termed it Leptospira icterohaemorrhagiae. Since 1922 about twenty-two cases of this disease have been reported in this country. We believe that our case is the first to be reported from New Jersey. Many authorities believe that this apparent rarity of the disease in the United States is due to failure to diagnose it rather than to scarcity of the

During the past three months there has been, and still continues, in Chicago an epidemic of sore throat that is unusually severe and characterized by complications strikingly different from those of other years. That it is generally prevalent throughout the city is attested by numerous physicians. A streptococcus presenting certain peculiar characteristics is found in practically all cases. A number of Cases have terminated fatally. In view of these facts, it is thought wise to make a brief preliminary statement at this time concerning certain clinical and bacteriologic features of the disease. The attack usually begins suddenly with or without a chill. The fever, the muscular pains, the prostration and the constitutional symptoms are out of all proportion to what one would expect from the amount of local involvement. The pulse is relatively slow. The leukocytes are only moderately increased. The throat presents a diffuse redness; there is much secretion

This paper is designed simply to put on record a very striking example of phagocytosis observed in a case clinically diagnosed as influenza. We regret that the data are incomplete, but the phenomenon was not discovered in time for more complete observation. History. —On the evening of Feb. 23, 1907, one of the workers in the laboratory was taken ill with a slight fever, headache, coryza, sore throat, cough, muscular pains, and mental depression. No physical or microscopic examination was made. The patient, a man, received no treatment, except a restricted diet, rest in bed, and frequent hot baths. The illness was regarded as a fairly severe case of influenza, an epidemic of which was prevalent at the time. Twenty-four hours later one of his tonsils became slightly involved, and discharged a necrotic mass, but at no time was the tonsil painful or swollen. The fever continued till the evening

That brucellosis is a disease of protean manifestations was recognized by Hughes 1 in his classic description. Simpson, 2 Gentry, 3 Hardy, 4 Bierring 5 and Woodward 6 have described its varied symptoms more recently. Hamman and Wainwright 7 emphasized the importance of considering brucellosis in cases of unexplained pyrexia. Parsons and Poston 8 recently described four cases of brucellosis in which lymphadenitis was the outstanding feature. One case terminated fatally, and a detailed description of the postmortem observation was given. Every writer on the subject of brucellosis emphasizes the difficulty of diagnosis. In general, brucellosis may be divided into two clinical types, the acute and the chronic. In the acute type the onset may be sudden or gradual; the fever tends to be intermittent or undulating. Chilliness is common; often there are actual rigors with drenching night sweats. Joint and muscular pains, anorexia with loss in weight, splenomegaly and

A 55-year-old woman suffered for 18 months from progressive weakness with articular and muscular pains. Skin lesions typical of dermatomyositis appeared six months before death. A subacute type of diffuse interstitial pneumonitis developed, leading to pulmonary insufficiency in the five months preceding death, and was manifested by progressive cough and dyspnea. Six similar reported cases are reviewed and the association of dermatomyositis with diffuse interstitial pneumonitis is stressed.

To the Editor:— Relative to the question of nocturnal muscular pain, which appears in the Nov. 19 issue ofThe Journal, page 1656, I should like to state that, in my limited experience, these nocturnal pains occur quite regularly in the lower extremities, and not uncommonly they occur after a day of exercise beyond what is customary for the child. I have found that applying a snug spiral bandage to the lower extremity gives almost immediate relief in most cases. This method, used prophylactically in children who are having recurrent attacks, proves to be of real value.