Muscular-fascial hypertonia and the state of psycho-vegetative status in female workers of the garment industry

The study involved 60 female workers in the garment industry with the same intensive working conditions and different work experience in production. The severity of the clinical manifestation of local muscle-fascial hypertonia (MFH), the peculiarities of their psychological and vegetative status were studied. In 36 (60.0%) female workers, pronounced clinical manifestations of MPH were revealed; 24 seamstresses were healthy. In 23 patients with MFG, clinically relevant vertebral syndrome at the cervical or thoracic level was determined.