Background: Hand injuries resulting from accidents at work are one of the main causes of disability in workers. Every worker ruled with Partial Permanent Disability must legally be reinstated to the same workplace.
Objective: To know the prevalence of reintegration and causes of non-reintegration into workers with Partial Permanent Disability due to hand injuries.
Background: The most common cause of injury is shoulder impingement syndrome. Management includes physical therapy, analgesics, steroids and surgery. The aim of the study was to determine the cost-effectiveness of using steroids combined with therapeutic exercise at home in the chronic impingement syndrome.
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