PHYSIOTHERAPEUTIC APPROACH IN THE OCCUPATIONAL SCOPE - LITERATURE REVIEW

Abstract

Occupational physiotherapists have become increasingly important in industrial and commercial environments, always aiming to improve workers' quality of life and prevent musculoskeletal injuries. The guiding question of this work aborts the importance of physiotherapy for the worker's well-being. Having as a principle the theoretical analysis of important contexts that directly influence the health and well-being of the employee due to high effort activities or repetitive movements, understanding that this causes frequent accidents and losses to workers and companies, we bring this analysis. The data under study come from research of scientific articles carried out on the CAPES platform, SciELO, LILACS and the regional portal of the VHL. It is concluded that the work physiotherapist's work within the company aims to improve the worker's quality of life, resolve ergonomic issues, implement occupational kinesiotherapy programs, resolve legal issues related to LER/DORT, and with this the professional has better performance within the company, and better physical and social well-being outside it.