Repetitive Strain Injuries (RSIs) and osteo-muscular disorders are responsible for 80% to 90% of occupacional diseases reported to health care authorities. They are generally related to occupational situations and, therefore, also constitute a social and economic problem. RSIs cannot be explained only by biological or physiological processes. This article argues that RSIa have many decisive subjetive components in their emergence, and there is need for conducting studies on their psychopathological dimensions.
Repetitive strain injury (RSI); occupacional health; psycopathology; subjectivity