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The study had the participation of 201 workers from the bone sector of a pig slaughterhouse located in the municipality of Sao Miguel do Iguacu, state of Parana, Brazil, being 98 men and 103 women with mean age of 34.3 ( \u00b1 4.7 years) and weight of 66.3 (\u00b1 6.5 kg) for (\u2640) and 36.5 (\u00b1 6.4 years) and weight of 77.6 (\u00b1 5.8 kg) for (\u2642). Handgrip strength was used in the evaluation. Descriptive statistics and \"t\" test were applied, with significance level of 0.05% for strength test and percentage of pain levels. The results were presented according to gender (\u2642) 44.94 kgf (\u00b1 4.51) for the dominant hand (DH) and 41.09 kgf (\u00b1 4.09) for the non-dominant hand (NDH), and for males (\u2640), the average was 29.20 kgf (\u00b1 2.20) for DH and 28.40 kgf (\u00b1 2.39) for NDH. Statistical analysis indicated a \"t\" greater than 0.05 with 3.49% for DH and 2.95 for NDH, showing that (\u2642) and (\u2640) have strength levels significantly different in both hands and this study indicated that females have 35% less strength in the DH and 30.8% in the NDH. With regard to pain symptoms, pain for (\u2640) was higher than for (\u2642), with 21.5% in the shoulder region, 25% in neck, 48% in the column, 48.7% and in the arms and 48.8% in wrists and hands. It could be concluded that (\u2640) have less strength and higher percentage of pain in relation to (\u2642) when exposed to repetitive work and with identical tasks. Thus, it becomes clear that to avoid RSI \/ WRULD in meat-packing plants, companies should use knowledge on ergonomics in order to provide a work environment that respects the physiological differences between males and females.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3233\/wor-2012-0100-4323","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2019,12,2]],"date-time":"2019-12-02T22:57:29Z","timestamp":1575327449000},"page":"4323-4329","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1177\/sage-journals-update-policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":4,"title":["Influence of gender on the prevalence of Rsi\/WRULD in meat-packing plants"],"prefix":"10.1177","volume":"41","author":[{"given":"P.","family":"Reis","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Programa de P\u00f3s-Gradua\u00e7\u00e3o em Engenharia de Produ\u00e7\u00e3o, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, SC, Brazil"},{"name":"Instituto de Ensino Superior de Foz do Igua\u00e7u, Pr, Brazil"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"A.","family":"Moro","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Programa de P\u00f3s-Gradua\u00e7\u00e3o em Engenharia de Produ\u00e7\u00e3o, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, SC, Brazil"},{"name":"Programa de P\u00f3s-Gradua\u00e7\u00e3o em Educa\u00e7\u00e3o F\u00edsica, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, SC, Brazil"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Eugenio","family":"Merino","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Programa de P\u00f3s-Gradua\u00e7\u00e3o em Engenharia de Produ\u00e7\u00e3o, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, SC, Brazil"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"J.","family":"Vilagra","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Departamento de Fisioterapia, Universidade do Oeste do Paran\u00e1, PR, Brazil"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"179","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2012,1]]},"container-title":["WORK: A Journal of Prevention, Assessment &amp; Rehabilitation"],"original-title":[],"language":"en","link":[{"URL":"https:\/\/journals.sagepub.com\/doi\/pdf\/10.3233\/WOR-2012-0100-4323","content-type":"application\/pdf","content-version":"vor","intended-application":"text-mining"},{"URL":"https:\/\/journals.sagepub.com\/doi\/pdf\/10.3233\/WOR-2012-0100-4323","content-type":"unspecified","content-version":"vor","intended-application":"similarity-checking"}],"deposited":{"date-parts":[[2026,5,1]],"date-time":"2026-05-01T05:44:03Z","timestamp":1777614243000},"score":1,"resource":{"primary":{"URL":"https:\/\/journals.sagepub.com\/doi\/10.3233\/WOR-2012-0100-4323"}},"subtitle":[],"short-title":[],"issued":{"date-parts":[[2012,1]]},"references-count":0,"journal-issue":{"issue":"S1","published-print":{"date-parts":[[2012,3]]}},"alternative-id":["10.3233\/WOR-2012-0100-4323"],"URL":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3233\/wor-2012-0100-4323","relation":{},"ISSN":["1051-9815","1875-9270"],"issn-type":[{"value":"1051-9815","type":"print"},{"value":"1875-9270","type":"electronic"}],"subject":[],"published":{"date-parts":[[2012,1]]}}}