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Approach to prevention of musculoskeletal symptoms in dental students: an interventional study

BACKGROUND: Work-related musculoskeletal (MS) disorders are very common among dentists due to abnormal positions maintained during their work. There is the need to teach undergraduate students ergonomic procedures to prevent MS pain and disorders. METHODS: All the students of the School of Dentistry...

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Autores principales: Koni, Adela, Kufersin, Maria, Ronchese, Federico, Travan, Mauro, Cadenaro, Milena, Larese Filon, Francesca
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Mattioli 1885 srl 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7682162/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30168500
http://dx.doi.org/10.23749/mdl.v109i4.6841
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author Koni, Adela
Kufersin, Maria
Ronchese, Federico
Travan, Mauro
Cadenaro, Milena
Larese Filon, Francesca
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description BACKGROUND: Work-related musculoskeletal (MS) disorders are very common among dentists due to abnormal positions maintained during their work. There is the need to teach undergraduate students ergonomic procedures to prevent MS pain and disorders. METHODS: All the students of the School of Dentistry at the University of Trieste were enrolled for the study (No. 55). A self-administered questionnaire was used to collect anthropometric information, previous or current diseases, MS pain and disorders and work tasks performed. All students attended a training course. Three months after the training they completed a follow-up questionnaire. RESULTS: All students reported MS pain: higher at cervical level (91%), lower at lumbosacral level (64.2%), shoulders (43.6%), and wrist/hand level (41.8%). Forty-nine percent of students reported an improvement in pain symptoms (p<0.05) 3 months after the training. CONCLUSIONS: The prevalence of pain symptoms was high but the training course helped reduce symptoms. Theory and practice of ergonomics should be incorporated into dental undergraduate curricula.
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spelling pubmed-76821622021-01-29 Approach to prevention of musculoskeletal symptoms in dental students: an interventional study Koni, Adela Kufersin, Maria Ronchese, Federico Travan, Mauro Cadenaro, Milena Larese Filon, Francesca Med Lav Original Article BACKGROUND: Work-related musculoskeletal (MS) disorders are very common among dentists due to abnormal positions maintained during their work. There is the need to teach undergraduate students ergonomic procedures to prevent MS pain and disorders. METHODS: All the students of the School of Dentistry at the University of Trieste were enrolled for the study (No. 55). A self-administered questionnaire was used to collect anthropometric information, previous or current diseases, MS pain and disorders and work tasks performed. All students attended a training course. Three months after the training they completed a follow-up questionnaire. RESULTS: All students reported MS pain: higher at cervical level (91%), lower at lumbosacral level (64.2%), shoulders (43.6%), and wrist/hand level (41.8%). Forty-nine percent of students reported an improvement in pain symptoms (p<0.05) 3 months after the training. CONCLUSIONS: The prevalence of pain symptoms was high but the training course helped reduce symptoms. Theory and practice of ergonomics should be incorporated into dental undergraduate curricula. Mattioli 1885 srl 2018 2018-08-28 /pmc/articles/PMC7682162/ /pubmed/30168500 http://dx.doi.org/10.23749/mdl.v109i4.6841 Text en Copyright: © 2020 ACTA BIO MEDICA SOCIETY OF MEDICINE AND NATURAL SCIENCES OF PARMA http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0 This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
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Ronchese, Federico
Travan, Mauro
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Larese Filon, Francesca
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7682162/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30168500
http://dx.doi.org/10.23749/mdl.v109i4.6841
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