Prevalencia de patologías musculoesqueléticas no traumáticas de hombro en pacientes que asistieron al Hospital de Especialidades Teodoro Maldonado Carbo.

Abstract

The shoulder is one of the most mobile joints of the human body which makes it more prone to suffer injuries. Objective: To determine the prevalence of non-traumatic musculoskeletal shoulder pathologies in patients attending the Teodoro Maldonado Carbo Specialties Hospital, during the period January 2021 - April 2022. Methodology: This retrospective study has a quantitative approach, with a non-experimental cross-sectional design and descriptive observational level. The database provided by the Physiatry Area was used to collect information through medical records; the sample consisted of 250 patients who met the inclusion criteria. Results: The prevalence of non-traumatic musculoskeletal pathologies of the shoulder was rotator cuff syndrome with 22%; this being the most prevalent; 21.20% biceps tendinitis; 17.20% bursitis, with a predominance in the female sex with 21.2%; the most affected population was health personnel with 27.20%; causing moderate functional limitation in 38.40%. Only 17.60% received physiotherapeutic treatment, while the rest of the population only received pharmacological treatment. Conclusions: It can be seen that women working in the health area are more frequently affected and the physiotherapeutic treatment received by the patients is in a lower percentage in relation to the pharmacological one.