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  • Marta Rivas López
  • María de los Ángeles Bouza Prego
  • Jesús Luis Saleta Canosa
  • Ana María Requeijo Constenla
Marta Rivas López
María de los Ángeles Bouza Prego
Jesús Luis Saleta Canosa
Ana María Requeijo Constenla
Vol. 1 No. 1 (2015), Original Articles, pages 14-20
DOI: https://doi.org/10.17979/ejpod.2015.1.1.1467
Submitted: Feb 11, 2016 Accepted: Feb 11, 2016 Published: Feb 11, 2016
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Abstract

Objective: the present work is to study and to compare the prevalence of dermatological pathologies in the foot of a workers' sample of the sea in relation with a workers' sample of land.

Methods: A sample of 94 participants, average age 41,29 ± 10,603 years came to an ambulatory center where autoinformed information was registered, they determined the labor activity.

Results: The group of workers of the sea proved to be a major prevalence of fractures (p= 0,003), pharmacological treatment (p=0,003) and podiatric pathologies (p=0,013) that the workers of land

Conclusions: The bad conditions of dampness joined the use of the labor footwear generate on the low member a negative impact, provoking an increase of the prevalence of certain podiatric pathologies of the workers of the sea in comparison with the population who is not employed at the sea.

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