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Posture Assessment in Dentistry for Different Visual Aids Using 2D Markers
Attention and awareness towards musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) in the dental profession has increased considerably in the last few years. From recent literature reviews, it appears that the prevalence of MSDs in dentists concerns between 64 and 93%. In our clinical trial, we have assessed the dent...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8619426/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34833788 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/s21227717 |
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author | Pispero, Alberto Marcon, Marco Ghezzi, Carlo Massironi, Domenico Varoni, Elena Maria Tubaro, Stefano Lodi, Giovanni |
author_facet | Pispero, Alberto Marcon, Marco Ghezzi, Carlo Massironi, Domenico Varoni, Elena Maria Tubaro, Stefano Lodi, Giovanni |
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description | Attention and awareness towards musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) in the dental profession has increased considerably in the last few years. From recent literature reviews, it appears that the prevalence of MSDs in dentists concerns between 64 and 93%. In our clinical trial, we have assessed the dentist posture during the extraction of 90 third lower molars depending on whether the operator performs the intervention by the use of the operating microscope, surgical loupes, or with the naked eye. In particular, we analyzed the evolution of the body posture during different interventions evaluating the impact of visual aids with respect to naked eye interventions. The presented posture assessment approach is based on 3D acquisitions of the upper body, based on planar markers, which allows us to discriminate spatial displacements up to 2 mm in translation and 1 degree in rotation. We found a significant reduction of neck bending in interventions using visual aids, in particular for those performed with the microscope. We further investigated the impact of different postures on MSD risk using a widely adopted evaluation tool for ergonomic investigations of workplaces, named (RULA) Rapid Upper Limb Assessment. The analysis performed in this clinical trial is based on a 3D marker tracker that is able to follow a surgeon’s upper limbs during interventions. The method highlighted pros and cons of different approaches. |
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spelling | pubmed-86194262021-11-27 Posture Assessment in Dentistry for Different Visual Aids Using 2D Markers Pispero, Alberto Marcon, Marco Ghezzi, Carlo Massironi, Domenico Varoni, Elena Maria Tubaro, Stefano Lodi, Giovanni Sensors (Basel) Article Attention and awareness towards musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) in the dental profession has increased considerably in the last few years. From recent literature reviews, it appears that the prevalence of MSDs in dentists concerns between 64 and 93%. In our clinical trial, we have assessed the dentist posture during the extraction of 90 third lower molars depending on whether the operator performs the intervention by the use of the operating microscope, surgical loupes, or with the naked eye. In particular, we analyzed the evolution of the body posture during different interventions evaluating the impact of visual aids with respect to naked eye interventions. The presented posture assessment approach is based on 3D acquisitions of the upper body, based on planar markers, which allows us to discriminate spatial displacements up to 2 mm in translation and 1 degree in rotation. We found a significant reduction of neck bending in interventions using visual aids, in particular for those performed with the microscope. We further investigated the impact of different postures on MSD risk using a widely adopted evaluation tool for ergonomic investigations of workplaces, named (RULA) Rapid Upper Limb Assessment. The analysis performed in this clinical trial is based on a 3D marker tracker that is able to follow a surgeon’s upper limbs during interventions. The method highlighted pros and cons of different approaches. MDPI 2021-11-19 /pmc/articles/PMC8619426/ /pubmed/34833788 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/s21227717 Text en © 2021 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Pispero, Alberto Marcon, Marco Ghezzi, Carlo Massironi, Domenico Varoni, Elena Maria Tubaro, Stefano Lodi, Giovanni Posture Assessment in Dentistry for Different Visual Aids Using 2D Markers |
title | Posture Assessment in Dentistry for Different Visual Aids Using 2D Markers |
title_full | Posture Assessment in Dentistry for Different Visual Aids Using 2D Markers |
title_fullStr | Posture Assessment in Dentistry for Different Visual Aids Using 2D Markers |
title_full_unstemmed | Posture Assessment in Dentistry for Different Visual Aids Using 2D Markers |
title_short | Posture Assessment in Dentistry for Different Visual Aids Using 2D Markers |
title_sort | posture assessment in dentistry for different visual aids using 2d markers |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8619426/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34833788 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/s21227717 |
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