出版社：Fundación Científica y Tecnológica de la Asociación Chilena
摘要：Objective: To identify skeletal muscle disorders that dentists reported feeling from clinical work done in a public institution of the Municipality of Guadalajara, Mexico.
Method: We conducted an observational analytic study with 10 dentists working in five different dental equipment. The questionnaire
was evaluated with standardized Nordic Kourinka (Kourinka et al.1987) for the analysis of musculo-skeletal symptoms.
Results: 5 men and 5 women with average age 27 years and 53 hours per week of work. The participants reported having pain in the neck
(40%), shoulder (30%), elbow (20%), wrist and hand (40%), upper back (60%), lower back (50%), hip or thigh (40%), knee (40%) and
finally, ankles (30%) over the past seven days.
Conclusions: In this study we can observe a high occurrence of musculoskeletal disorders that are favored in the performance of their
professional activities, by having to perform repetitive work, poor posture, vibration, among others. Therefore, every muscle, nerve or
tendon involved in clinical work, will be affected by ergonomic hazards and prevention depends on the training and knowledge about dental ergonomic positions.
