title: [Cumulative trauma disorders: work or professional disease?].
abstract: This study aimed at reviewing the Brazilian legislation applied to occupational health. It refers to the diseases embodied in the Repetition Strain Injury (RSI) and Cumulative Trauma Disorders (CTD) regarded as work or professional diseases. This analysis allowed to perform the historical evolution of legislation concerning the issue, noting that the state of the art of regulation on RSI-CTD is anchored in specific regulation present in the Normative Instruction 98/2003, that establishes the diagnostic criteria and classification of RSI-CTD. It was concluded that according to the existing legislation in Brazil, the pathologies related to RSI-CTD are considered as work diseases and their legal effects are similar to the work-related accidents.
authors.affiliation: Grupo de Pesquisa em Medicina do Trabalho e Saúde Ocupacional da Universidade de Pernambuco (UPE), Brasil. carvalho_marcus@yahoo.com.br
authors.forename: Marcus Vitor Diniz
authors.initials: MV
authors.lastname: de Carvalho
authors.forename: Francisco Ivo Dantas
authors.initials: FI
authors.lastname: Cavalcanti
authors.forename: Evelyne Pessoa
authors.initials: EP
authors.lastname: Soriano
authors.forename: Hênio Ferreira
authors.initials: HF
authors.lastname: de Miranda
mesh_terms: D001938:Brazil; D012090:Cumulative Trauma Disorders; D006801:Humans; D009784:Occupational Diseases; D016272:Occupational Health / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*