SUMMARY

Introduction:

The muscle skeletal illnesses are the most frequent causes of inability in the world, what affects the capacity of people gravely to develop their habitual activities.

Objective:

To describe the behavior of the rehabilitative process of patient with muscle skeletal dysfunctions.

Materials and methods:

A descriptive study was carried out in the Service of Rehabilitation of the Military Hospital of Matanzas, from July 2017 until December of 2017. The variables studied were: muscle skeletal dysfunctions diagnosed duration of the painful crisis, presence of labor bond, associate labor inability, beginning of the rehabilitative treatment (precocious or late) and quantity of sessions of physiotherapy treatment.

Results:

The sacrolumbalgia affected to 22,4% of the studied patients and the cervicalgia to 20,1%. The half duration of these affections was of 14 days. 64,7% of the patients laborly assets presented associated temporary inability. 65% of the patients incorporated from a late way to the rehabilitation.

Conclusions:

The sacrolumbalgia was the most frequent diagnosis and with more associate labor inability. The affection with the most extensive half duration was the cervicalgia. Most of the patients incorporated from a late way to the rehabilitation.

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