Flowchart corresponding to the study participants, adapted from CONSORT
pain
In the first phase of the study, there was high prevalence of MSP in the last year among those surveyed, with higher percentages of pain or discomfort in the neck (89.6%), shoulders (86.6%), lumbar spine (86.6%) and thoracic spine (68.2%). However, if pain or discomfort involved any disruption inside or outside the house, the highest percentages were in the lumbar spine (77.6%), neck (67.2%) and thoracic spine (57.6%) regions. Regarding the occurrence of this pain or discomfort in the last seven days, the workers presented them in the lumbar spine (82.1%), neck (68.7%) and shoulders (59.7%). In terms of pain intensity, there was a median of 7.00 (minimum of 4 and maximum of 10) and a mean of 6.85 (±1.44).The comparison between the groups regarding the main characteristics evaluated pointed to homogeneity (p>0.05) (Table
