INTRODUCTION: The musculoskeletal disorders still common next to workers and still a worry next to the theme of health promotion at work. OBJECTIVE: Investigate the relationship in between musculoskeletal disorders in workers that take care of elderly, conditions of work, and functional capacity of elderly, in institutions of Curitiba, PR. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Consisted of elaborating a questionnaire containing: demographic data, questions related to work, difficulties at work, and others; and the instruments Nordic Questionnaire for Musculoskeletal Disorders -QNSO, questions related to low back pain, and application of Barthel Index in the elderly attended by the workers. The questionnaires were applied as interview, and after occurred analyses of the tasks and systematic observations of activities, with Ergonomics basis. RESULTS: Participated 43 workers, both sexes that take care of 308 elderly assisted by them, in 14 institutions. The profession varied in people that take care of elderly, nurses' assistant, general services' assistance, and cleaners' assistant. Found musculoskeletal pain in the last thirty days in 62,7% of workers, and with prevalence in regions: low back, cervical, shoulders and knees; and 90,0% of the workers had only one employ. The work activities of major difficulties were: changing diaper, and postural changes. Also in some places the rhythm of work, temporal pressure, and low number of functionaries for de demands exegete, influenced in the presence of the pain. CONCLUSION: The study concluded that factors related to work organization influenced in the musculoskeletal disorders.
WRMSD; Ergonomics; Care workers
