La Organizacion Mundial de la Salud (OMS) define a la lesiones musculoesqueleticas de origen ocupacional como trastornos caracterizados por una condición anormal de músculo,tendones,nervios, vasos, articulaciones, huesos o ligamentos que trae como resultado un alteración de la función motora o sensitiva originados por la exposición a los factores de riesgo:repetición,fuerza, posturas inadecuadas,estrés por contacto y vibración.
Son conocidas de diferentes formas:Overuse syndrome ,CTDs(cumulative trauma disorders), RSI (repetitive strain injury )RMS(repetitive motion syndrome ),LER(lesiones por esfuerzo repetitivo ,Trastornos de sobre uso ,Lesiones repetitivas ,WRMDs (work-related musculoskeletal disorders ),WRULDs( work-related upper limb disorders),,MSD s(musculskeletal strain disorders )
A continuacion se refiere,de acuerdo a diferentes autores,cuales lesiones musculoesqueleticas se pueden considerar de origen laboral.
1.Bursitis del olécranon ( olécranon bursitis)
2.Dedo en gatillo (Trigger finger)
3.Epicondilitis lateral y medial (Epicondylitis lateral and medial)
4.Ganglion o quiste sinovial
5.Peritendinitis o tenosinovitis de los flexores-extensores de antebrazo-muñeca ( flexor-extensor peritendinitis or tenosynovitis of the forearm-wrist region )
6.Sindrome de canal de Guyon (Guyon canal syndrome)
7.Sindrome de manguito rotador (Rotator cuff syndrome)
8.Sindrome de salida toracica (Thoracic outlet syndrome)
9.Síndrome de túnel cubital (cubital tunnel syndrome)
10.Sindrome de tunel del carpo (Carpal tunnel syndrome )
11.Síndrome de túnel radial (radial tunnel syndrome)
12.Síndrome de Quervain (De Quervain`s disease)
13.Síndrome por vibración mano-brazo o dedo blanco(Hand-Arm Vibration Syndrome)
1.Cervicalgia no irradiada o sindrome de tension de cuello (tension neck syndrome -TNS)
2.Esguince mecànico(Mechanical strains and sprains)
4.Hernia de disco intervertebral (Herniated intervertebral disc)
5.Osteoartrosis o espondilosis cervical (cervical spondylosis)
1.Esguince mecanico (Mechanical strains and sprains)
2.Espondilolisis lumbar (Spondylolysis )
3.Hernia de disco intervertebral (Herniated intervertebral disc)
4.Osteoartrosis o espondilosis lumbar (Lumbar spondylosis
1.Bursitis prepatelar(Prepatellar Bursitis)
2.Fascitis plantar(Plantar fasciitis)
3.Lesiones de menisco de rodilla (knee meniscus disorders)
4.Osteoartrosis de rodilla(knee osteoarthritis)
5.Síndrome de sobre uso en cadera (Hip overuse syndrome)
6.Tendinitis de Aquiles (Achilles tendonitis)
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