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Item ASOCIACIÓN DEL COLOR CON LA PERCEPCIÓN DEL DOLOR MUSCULOESQUELÉTICO EN EL MIEMBRO SUPERIOR(Universidad Técnica de Ambato/ Facultad de Ciencias de Salud /Carrera de Fisioterapia, 2024-08-27) Enríquez López, Jonathan Benjamín; Latta Sánchez, María AugustaThe purpose of the descriptive research is to establish a color scheme according to the perception of musculoskeletal pain in the upper limb, which included the participa ti o n of 91 workers, of which 97.8% were men and 2. 2% women who belong to the Cut Injected Footwear Area of the Private Company Plasticaucho Industrial S.A. In the research work, the quantitative approach was used, it was required to know through the survey the characteristics of pain through the SF-MPQ questionnaire and with the NRS scale the intensity of pain, additionally a sketch of the human body from an anterior view was used. and later black and white in which the area was colored depending on the perception of musculoskeletal pain in the upper limb. The estimat e d time it took each participant to respond was approximately 20 minutes. The results obtained identified that, in the relationship between color and the perception of musculoskeletal pain in the upper limb, both mild and moderate intensit y were linked to the color yellow and finally the highest level of pain was associat e d with the color red. Furthermore, mild pain intensity was the one that predominated in the studied population, and the most frequent pain characteristic within the intensit y levels was painful.Item Realidad virtual mediante el uso del Nintendo Wii para mejorar el alcance del miembro superior en adultos mayores(Universidad Técnica de Ambato/ Facultad de Ciencias de Salud /Carrera de Fisioterapia, 2024-03-15) Campaña Delgado, Diana Patricia; Ortiz Villalba, Paola GabrielaThis research was conducted with the aim of determining the effect of virtual reality via the Nintendo Wii to improve upper limb reach in older adults. This group has poor strength control including reaching, transferring and unloading to manipulate objects. A non-experimental longitudinal study was carried out in which older adults between 65 and 80 years of age were included, performing a pre-intervention and post-intervention by means of the Lawton and Brody Scale (ELB), Up & Go Test, initial and observational clinical record, the latter an activity was performed measuring the time it takes the patient to place 5 glasses from a shelf to a table, with the help of the Nintendo Wii for 6 weeks they played certain sports games in relation to the upper limb; Again, the tests were carried out to observe whether or not there was an improvement in their reach.The results obtained were to reduce the time taken to perform the activity. In the preintervention (mean 23.2812) and post-intervention (mean 21.3400) with a difference of 1.94 seconds; changes were also found in ELB. We can conclude that thanks to the use of the Nintendo Wii, older adults can improve their range of mobility and functional tasks, but they can also achieve a change in their lives by having very beneficial technological tools not only for their health and physical aspect, but also in the emotional and psychological sphere.