ABSTRACT

A survey among milkers in the state of Santa Catarina showed an extremely concerning situation, where 85.16% of milkers had complaints of pain and discomfort due to WMSD (Ulbricht, 2003). Furthermore, it was found that there were several inadequacies in the workplace. It leaded milkers to adopt constraining postures for your musculoskeletal system, there was no adjustment of the milking equipment and that they presented musculoskeletal overload.