ABSTRACT
According to Rodrigues et al. (2013) enhancement of production methods associated with repetitive work developed in long hours without breaks, use of vibrating tools, constant pressure for production and work overload has contributed to increase the prevalence of work-related diseases. Moreover, these factors increase the possibility of accidents causing temporary or permanent disability, revealing the causal link between health and work. Among the work diseases with important prevalence in Brazil are MSDs, which had their first record in the eighties of the last century but were only recognized as occupational disease at the beginning of the next decade. Therefore, according to De Lima & Lima (2013), the disease does not have all its aspects and triggering causes properly discussed (such as biomechanical factors, pathophysiology, psychological, sociological, among others).
