Musculoskeletal alterations associated factors physical and environmental in dental students

Revista Brasileira de Epidemiologia

Pernett Gómez, Cindy Vanessa¹  Orozco Páez, Jennifer¹  Correal Castillo, Sandra Patricia¹  Fals Martínez, Juntzo²  González Martínez, Farith² 

[1] Universidad de Cartagena, Colombia

关键词: Muscle disorders;    Working position;    Pain;    Dental practice;   

DOI  :  10.1590/S1415-790X2012000400018

学科分类：过敏症与临床免疫学

来源: SciELO

【 摘 要 】

OBJECTIVE: To describe the musculoskeletal disorders and association with physical and environmental in students of Dentistry.
METHODS: Cross sectional study. Simple random sampling was conducted obtaining a proportional sample of 182 students per semester. Collecting information from physical and environmental exposures related to different clinical practice and this was assessed by a structured survey questionnaire type. The valuation muscle was performed by visual analysis with Scan-test. To assess factors related to working position, the instrument was used RULA. For the analysis of the association were used odds ratios with confidence intervals of 95%. For the multivariate analysis using logistic regression.
RESULTS: 58.2% of students had pain tenderness in upper trapezius and 45.6% in area cervical. Lateral movements in the cervical found pain in 35.7%, with the bending cervical 35.1% related to all these factors own dental practice and not to other factors external.
CONCLUSIONS: The onset of muscle pain in this population is influenced by multiple variables, most of them, related to dental practice of students to interact with each other can trigger symptoms at neck and back.

【 授权许可】

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