Pain and discomfort in the musculoskeletal system among dentists. A prospective study.
Pain and discomfort in the musculoskeletal system among dentists. A prospective study.
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牙医肌肉骨骼系统的疼痛和不适。
作者：
B. L. Rundcrantz;B. Johnsson;U. Moritz
这项前瞻性研究的目的是跟踪马尔默胡斯区和马尔默市公共牙科服务中牙医的疼痛和不适。在这项调查中，311名牙医，谁回答了1987年和1990年的问卷调查，参加了。肌肉骨骼疼痛和不适的患病率增加，但腰痛和头痛除外。然而，唯一的显著差异是在肩部。与1987年一样，女性牙医在1990年的颈部和肩部疼痛和不适的患病率也高于男性同事。在311名牙医中，有262名在1987年和1990年都有症状。1987年，49名牙医没有症状，而其中24人在1990年报告了运动系统的症状。在1987年有症状的262名牙医中，有24名在1990年的随访中没有症状。调查的目的也是研究一些人机工程学因素对症状过程的影响。然而，这些人体工程学变量显示出较低的预测值的恢复或发展的疼痛和不适的运动系统。
The aim of this prospective study was to follow the pain and discomfort among dentists in the Public Dental Service in Malmöhus District and the Municipality of Malmö. In this investigation 311 dentists, who had answered questionnaires in 1987 and in 1990, took part. The prevalence of musculoskeletal pain and discomfort had increased, except the lower back pain and headache. However, the only significant difference was found with respect to the shoulders. As in 1987, female dentists had also in 1990 a higher prevalence of pain and discomfort in the neck and shoulders than their male colleagues. Of the 311 dentists, 262 had symptoms both in 1987 and in 1990. In 1987 forty-nine dentists were free of symptoms, while 24 of them reported symptoms in the locomotor system in 1990. Of the 262 dentists with symptoms in 1987 twenty-four were without symptoms at the follow-up in 1990. The aim of the investigation was also to study the influence of some ergonomic factors on the course of symptoms. However, these ergonomic variables showed a low predictive value for recovery or for the development of pain and discomfort in the locomotor system.