A avaliação de um programa de ginástica laboral como estratégia para promoção de saúde de trabalhadores em uma indústria de confecções de Passos-MG

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Ano de defesa: 2009
Autor(a) principal: Queiroz, Cláudia Arouca
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Banca de defesa: Não Informado pela instituição
Tipo de documento: Dissertação
Tipo de acesso: Acesso aberto
Idioma: por
Instituição de defesa: Universidade de Franca
Brasil
Pós-Graduação
Programa de Mestrado em Promoção de Saúde
UNIFRAN
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Link de acesso: https://repositorio.cruzeirodosul.edu.br/handle/123456789/638
Resumo: The Labor Gymnastics, physical activity performed in the working environment, is based primarily on the activities of stretching, relaxing and body awareness exercises, compensating the structures required at work, contributing to a better quality of life and therefore increasing the productivity at work. Thus, the Labor Gymnastics has been used in search for working health as a method of prevention and treatment of stress and discomfort caused by work. Taking this into consideration, this study aims at evaluating the Labor gymnastic as a strategy to promote health of workers in the workplace of a clothing industry, taking into consideration the employees’ level of stress and discomfort in the workplace and postural factors associated with painful symptoms and level of flexibility of employees. The study consisted of a sample of 66 male and female employees of all sectors of the company, evaluated prior to and after the Labor Gymnastics program through questionnaires. The obtained results were according to the literature considering the benefits of Labor Gymnastics evidenced by the improvement in all evaluated aspects: symptomatic conditions (pain), stress level, enhance of flexibility and level of satisfaction. It was considered that the Labor Gymnastics improves the employees’ physical and mental wellbeing, the good quality of the work results, enhancing their performance, motivation and consequently their productivity.