Abstract

QUESADA BRENES, Francisco. Lumbalgía laboral. “Un análisis de las valoraciones periciales realizadas en la sección de medicina del trabajo del departamento de medicina legal del Organismo de Investigación del Poder Judicial, en el año 2016. Med. leg. Costa Rica [online]. 2017, vol.34, n.2, pp.3-19. ISSN 2215-5287.

Diseases of the lumbar region are a significant and growing problem, to the extent that it has been considered a public health problem in many countries of the world. Statistics from the United States of America estimate that approximately two-thirds of the adult population suffered or suffer from low back pain at some point in their lives, which constitutes back pain as one of the most common causes of outpatient medical practice General and specialized. Data provided by the National Institute of Insurance indicate that only in 142863 cases of lumbar pain were treated in 2015, which meant 7.2 days in average of temporary incapacity per person, which amounts to 1028613 days (one million twenty-eight One thousand six hundred thirteen), of incapacity. In addition to these 142863 affected, 1,297 required not only temporary incapacity, but also permanent disability reaching the figure of 4.72% on average per person. Based on these data it was decided to take the cases Risks of Work in the Department of Occupational Medicine of the Department of Legal Medicine of the Judicial Investigation Agency, whose condition was Lumbalgia and to analyze the mechanisms of trauma involved in the genesis Of its ailment as well as the repercussions that this one had in each one of those evaluated.

Keywords : Lumbalgía; valoración del daño a la persona; valoración del daño corporal; impedimento; incapacidad temporal; incapacidad permanente; dolencia lumbar; lumbago.

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