Prevalence of Work-related Musculoskeletal Symptoms among Dental Students at Ss. Cyril and Methodius University Dental School in Skopje

AIM: The aim of the study was to investigate the prevalence of work-related musculoskeletal problems in 3rd, 4th, and final year of study in Ss. Cyril and Methodius University Dental School. METHODS: All 3rd, 4th, and final year regular dental students were invited to take part in the study, which involved completing the extended Nordic Musculoskeletal Questionnaire. This questionnaire facilitates an assessment of troubles (ache, pain, or discomfort) with neck, shoulders, upper back, elbows, wrists/hands, low back, hips/thighs, knees, and ankles/feet. RESULTS: Out of a maximum possible number of 146 students, 116 agreed to participate and completed the questionnaire (33 males and 83 females). The response rate was 79.5%. The mean age of students was 22.6 years (SD = 1.52), ranging from 20 to 26 years. During the past 12 months, students have problems mostly with neck 48 (41.4%), upper back 43 (37.1%), and low back 43 (37.1%). Working hours/week was 12 h for 3rd year, 20 h for 4th, and 30 h for 5th-year students. There is a significant difference between the students from third study year with these from 4th and 6th study year regarding the neck (χ2 (2)= 6.46, p < 0.05), upper back (χ2 (2) = 7.38, p < 0.05), and low back (χ2 (2)= 13.79, p < 0.05). CONCLUSIONS: This study reported high prevalence of musculoskeletal symptoms among the dental students. Preventive measures and more ergonomic recommendations are indicated.

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Risk factors associated with work-related musculoskeletal disorders in dentistry

Clinical & Investigative Medicine ◽

10.25011/cim.v39i6.27527 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 39 (6) ◽

pp. 192 ◽

Cited By ~ 4

Author(s):

Sinem Bozkurt ◽

Nesrin Demirsoy ◽

Zafer Günendi

Keyword(s):

Hospital Admissions ◽

Working Hours ◽

Musculoskeletal Symptoms ◽

Risk Exposure ◽

Low Back ◽

Factors Associated ◽

Exposure Levels ◽

Research Assistants

Purpose: To evaluate musculoskeletal system-related complaints; identify regions at risk in dentists by observing and inquiring the dentists at work; and find out the associations with age, sex, working years, academic position and departments, positions during work and daily working hours. Methods: Modified Nordic Questionnaire (m-nMQ) was used to evaluate pain, hospital admissions and absenteeism. Quick Exposure Check (QEC) form was utilized to assess risk exposure levels related with low-back, neck, hand-wrist and shoulder-arm. Results: 163 dentists were included the most painful regions were found to be back (66.9%), neck (65%) and low back (64.4%). Musculoskeletal symptoms were more prevalent in women and research assistants. QEC scores were found to be lower in those who performed regular exercises. Conclusion: Dentists should be educated about ergonomics at the beginning of their professional life.

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Association of working hours, job position, and BMI with work-related musculoskeletal disorders among the physiotherapists of Gujarat—an observational study

Bulletin of Faculty of Physical Therapy ◽

10.1186/s43161-021-00022-2 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 26 (1) ◽

Author(s):

Vivek H. Ramanandi ◽

Anjan R. Desai

Keyword(s):

Body Mass Index ◽

Musculoskeletal Disorders ◽

Working Hours ◽

Low Back ◽

Cross Sectional Survey ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Work Related ◽

High Prevalence ◽

Job Position

Abstract Background Physiotherapists are prone to develop work-related musculoskeletal disorders (WMSDs). Region wise distribution and frequency of work disturbance have been studied in physiotherapists but exploration of the probable association of working hours, job position, and body mass index (BMI) with WMSDs is not adequately done in the Gujarat, India. Hence, the present study was undertaken to investigate these aspects among the physiotherapists of Gujarat. Results An online cross-sectional survey including 322 physiotherapists was conducted and the data was collected after gaining informed electronic consent. Present study showed no significant co-relation between job position (0.602), weekly working hours (0.930), and BMI (0.589) with WMSDs prevalence. The 1-year work disturbance and 1-week musculoskeletal difficulties were found to be due to low back-related complaints (35.09%, 33.85%). Conclusion It is inferred that high prevalence of WMSDs in physiotherapists may be due to one of various factors including job position, working hours, and BMI but they are not significantly correlated with WMSDs.

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A Study on Work-related Musculoskeletal Disorders among Sewing Machine Operators

Indian Journal of Health and Wellbeing ◽

10.15614/ijhw.v11i01.3 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 11 (01) ◽

Author(s):

Ekta . ◽

Manju Mehta ◽

Praveen Kumar Sharma

Keyword(s):

Textile Industry ◽

Work Organization ◽

Working Hours ◽

The Body ◽

Musculoskeletal Symptoms ◽

Health Issues ◽

Workplace Design ◽

Sewing Machine ◽

Work Related ◽

Machine Operators

A musculoskeletal disorder is highly dependent on the workplace design. The workers whose job requires repetitive tasks, are more prone to this disorder. Textile industry is one of the labor intensive industries and most of its jobs require continuous engagement with the work. Sewing machine operators in this sector due to workplace design are facing high risk of health issues due to focused attention and static posture of the body. Understanding the health issues linked with continuous working hours and static posture need to be addressed. Both Government and non- government organizations need to be better involved in designing interventions targeting these people and protecting them from such health risks.The present study was conducted in Hisar district from Haryana state in which respondents were selected randomly. Total number of respondents were 60 in which 28 were males and 32 were females with objectives to assess work organization and work space design and to find out the occupational health problems and musculoskeletal symptoms among sewing machine operators. The results showed that maximum numbers of the respondents (68.4%) were took break of fixed duration and (53.4%) respondents were work along with others. Majority (43.3%) respondents were the first experience of MSK symptoms from 7 days to 12 months followed by (33.3%) respondents in 2-3 years.

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Evaluation of Polishing Systems for CAD/CAM Polymer-Infiltrated Ceramic-Network Restorations

Operative Dentistry ◽

10.2341/20-006-l ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

CA Jurado ◽

A Tsujimoto ◽

H Watanabe ◽

NG Fischer ◽

JA Hasslen ◽

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Keyword(s):

Surface Roughness ◽

Computer Aided Design ◽

Dental Students ◽

Faculty Members ◽

Dental School ◽

Control Group ◽

Significant Difference ◽

Computer Aided ◽

Cad Cam ◽

A Company

SUMMARY Objective: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of five different polishing systems on a computer-aided design and computer-aided manufacturing (CAD/CAM) polymer-infiltrated ceramic-network restoration with nanoscale assessment using atomic force microscopy (AFM) and visual assessment performed by dental school senior students and faculty members. Method: Forty-eight full coverage crowns were milled out of polymer-infiltrated ceramic-network CAD/CAM blocks (Vita Enamic) for polishing with one company proprietary, two ceramic and two composite polishing systems. The prepared crowns were divided into six groups: (1) no polishing (control); (2) polishing with Vita Enamic Polishing Kit (VEna); (3) polishing with Shofu Porcelain Laminate Polishing Kit (SCer); (4) polishing with Brasseler Dialite Feather lite All- Ceramic Adjusting & Polishing System (BCer); (5) polishing with Shofu Composite Polishing Kit (SCom); and (6) polishing with Brasseler Composite Polishing Kit (BCom). The polished crown surface topography was observed, and surface roughness and area were measured with AFM. In addition, polished crowns were visually assessed by 15 senior dental students and 15 dental school faculty members. Results: All polishing treatments significantly reduced the surface roughness and area of the crown compared with the control. SCom and BCom showed significantly higher surface area than VEna, and the SCer and BCer groups were intermediate, showing no significant difference from either VEna or SCom and BCom. There were no significant differences in surface roughness between any of the systems. Dental students and faculty members classified the groups polished with VEna, SCer, and BCer groups as clinically acceptable, and they selected BCer group as the best polished restorations and the control group as the least polished restorations. Conclusions: Ceramic and composite polishing systems produced similar polishing results as that observed using a company proprietary polishing system. However, effectiveness for polishing using a company proprietary and ceramic polishing system tends to be higher than composite polishing systems.

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SPECTRUM OF MUSCULOSKELETAL DISCOMFORTSIN PREGNANT WOMEN AND IMPACT OF ANTENATALEXERCISES OR POSTURAL CARE ON STATUS OF RELIEF: A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW STUDY

International Journal of Advanced Research ◽

10.21474/ijar01/12952 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 9 (5) ◽

pp. 1153-1157

Author(s):

Neha Shukla ◽

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Puja Shukla ◽

Keyword(s):

Pregnant Women ◽

Musculoskeletal Pain ◽

Developmental Stages ◽

Pelvic Girdle Pain ◽

Low Back ◽

Increased Risk ◽

Musculoskeletal Problems ◽

The Mean ◽

Review Study ◽

Induced Changes

Pregnancy is a normal physical state of womens life when they carried a 9 month developmental stages of the foetus. On these durations some pregnancy induced changes leads normal signs naturally but there is an increased risk of musculoskeletal pain or discomforts associated with increase of uterine size and mental stress of pregnant women, needed non-medicines approached like antenatal physiotherapy care. These possible pain or discomforts can make difficult to carry the pregnancy may leadsome complications. Various research studies are point out these problems of pregnant women and find out the triggers. Some studies show the spectrums of these musculoskeletal problems during pregnancy period. Various case studies are assuredtheparticular physiotherapy techniques as antenatal exercises have good impact on relief of respective musculoskeletal pain.Various researches are also covered some another aspects of musculoskeletal problems during pregnancies. In thepresent study an attempt has been made to comprehensive analysis of these review studies to identify the most common musculoskeletal problems in different stages of pregnancy and efficacy of physiotherapy techniques and antenatal exercises to overcome the problem. It was found in the spectrum analysis that most of the women (68.33 %) faced this problem during their pregnancy. On the analysis of most commonmusculoskeletal problem, the mean percent of reviews reveals showed that the most of the women found to be in muscle cramps and pain in neck and shoulder during I trimester whereas maximum women had low back pain (42.87 %) and pelvic girdle pain (11.65 %) on II and III trimester respectively. The satisfactory impacts of antenatal exercises were observed in different musculoskeletal pain by different techniques of Physiotherapy.These results can utilize to make suggestions and recommendations foradoption of suitable physiotherapy techniques in pregnancy to avoid the problem.

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The Effects of a Digital Health Program Using Chatbot Through a Mobile Messaging App on Musculoskeletal Problems: Randomized Controlled Trial of the Self-Management Program in Workers with Neck/Shoulder Pain/Stiffness and Low Back Pain (Preprint)

10.2196/preprints.27535 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Tomomi Anan ◽

Shigeyuki Kajiki ◽

Hiroyuki Oka ◽

Tomoko Fujii ◽

Kayo Kawamata ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Low Back Pain ◽

Back Pain ◽

Shoulder Pain ◽

Health Program ◽

Digital Health ◽

Intervention Group ◽

Musculoskeletal Symptoms ◽

Control Group ◽

Low Back ◽

Musculoskeletal Problems

BACKGROUND Musculoskeletal symptoms, such as neck and shoulder pain and stiffness and low back pain, are common health problems in the working population. They are the leading causes of presenteeism (employees being physically present at work but unable to be fully engaged). However, current medical systems do not spare sufficient resources for non-specific musculoskeletal problems. OBJECTIVE This study aimed to evaluate the improvements in musculoskeletal symptoms after use of an exercise-based artificial intelligence (AI)-assisted interactive health promotion system that operates through a mobile messaging app (the AI-assisted health program). METHODS We conducted a two-armed, randomized, controlled, and unblinded trial in workers with neck/shoulder stiffness and/or low back pain. We recruited participants with these symptoms through email notifications. We obtained 48 participants in the intervention group and 46 in the control group. The intervention group received the AI-assisted health program, in which the chatbot sent messages to users with the exercise instructions at a fixed time every day through the smart phone’s chatting app (LINE) for 12 weeks. The exercises could be performed within 1 minute. The control group continued with their usual care routines, which included exercising for 3 minutes at recess time provided by the company to prevent stiff shoulders and back pain. We assessed the subjective severities of the neck and shoulder pain/stiffness and low back pain in participants using a scoring scale of 1 to 5 for both the intervention and the control group at baseline and after 12 weeks of intervention using an online form. RESULTS We analyzed 47 patients in the intervention group and 40 in the control group. The participants in the intervention group showed significant improvements in the severities of the neck/shoulder pain/stiffness and low back pain compared to those in the control group (OR 12.74, P <.001). Based on the subjective assessment of the improvement of the pain/stiffness at 12 weeks, 36 (77%) participants in the intervention group and 3 (8%) in the control group had improved (improved, slightly improved) (OR 54.23, P <.001). CONCLUSIONS This study showed that the short exercises provided by the AI-assisted health program improved both neck/shoulder pain/stiffness and low back pain in 12 weeks. Digital health programs are low cost and safe and can save experts’ working hours and labor costs. Further studies are needed to identify the elements of the AI-assisted health program that worked. CLINICALTRIAL University hospital Medical Information Network-Clinical Trials Registry (UMIN-CTR) 000033894; https://upload.umin.ac.jp/cgi-open-bin/ctr_e/ctr_view.cgi?recptno=R000038307.

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Public Status and Prevalence of Acupuncture in Japan

Evidence-based Complementary and Alternative Medicine ◽

10.1093/ecam/nen037 ◽

2010 ◽

Vol 7 (4) ◽

pp. 493-500 ◽

Cited By ~ 21

Author(s):

Naoto Ishizaki ◽

Tadashi Yano ◽

Kenji Kawakita

Keyword(s):

Low Back Pain ◽

Back Pain ◽

Musculoskeletal Symptoms ◽

Low Back ◽

Shoulder Stiffness ◽

Face To Face ◽

Western Countries ◽

Public Status ◽

Lifetime Experience ◽

Musculoskeletal Problems

Acupuncture originated in China and is widespread throughout Asia. It is expected that a higher utilization of this remedy exists in these countries compared to Western countries. We conducted annual nationwide surveys from 2003 through 2006 on the utilization of acupuncture in Japan. Face-to-face interviews were conducted with 2000 individuals randomly chosen from the resident database. Annual utilization percentages, based on the number of respondents, from 2003 to 2006 were 6.5%, 4.8%, 6.4%, and 6.7%, respectively, while lifetime experiences determined in each surveys were estimated as 26.7, 19.4, 24.4 and 25.4, respectively. Respondents who had utilized acupuncture and/or moxibustion tended to be older than those who had no experience. Acupuncture was mainly used for musculoskeletal symptoms, and a detailed breakdown of the musculoskeletal symptoms identified in the 2005 survey showed 50.9% for low back pain, 35.9% for shoulder stiffness and 12.0% for knee pain. Reasons given for continuing therapy included the effective amelioration of symptoms, comfort of the procedure and low number of side-effects, while those who decided against continuing cited no improvement of symptoms, cost and lack of time for treatment. In conclusion, annual utilization of acupuncture and/or moxibustion was estimated at more than 6%, and the percentage of those with a lifetime experience was ∼25%, thus demonstrating the relatively higher utilization of the remedy in Japan over utilization in western countries. Application of the treatment for musculoskeletal problems and utilization by the older population were specific standouts of the use of acupuncture and/or moxibustion in Japan.

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Work-related musculoskeletal symptoms in otorhinolaryngology and their relationship with physical activity. A nationwide survey

The Journal of Laryngology & Otology ◽

10.1017/s0022215119001452 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 133 (8) ◽

pp. 713-718 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

D Lobo ◽

M A Gandarillas ◽

S Sánchez-Gómez ◽

R Megía

Keyword(s):

Physical Activity ◽

Physical Exercise ◽

Musculoskeletal Disorders ◽

Nationwide Survey ◽

Physical Symptoms ◽

Musculoskeletal Symptoms ◽

Cross Sectional Survey ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Work Related ◽

Significant Difference

AbstractObjectiveThe main objective of this study was to determine the prevalence of work-related musculoskeletal symptoms in otolaryngology and head and neck surgery specialists and trainees in Spain, and to measure the effect that physical exercise could have on muscular discomfort.MethodA cross-sectional survey was administered between September and December 2017 to practising otolaryngologists.ResultsFour hundred and three ENT surgeons responded, with a median age of 44.9 years, and 89.8 per cent reported discomfort or physical symptoms that they attributed to surgical practice. More female surgeons reported musculoskeletal symptoms (92.8 per cent vs 87.1 per cent; p = 0.04). When the level of physical activity was compared with the frequency of physical discomfort, no significant difference was found.ConclusionThis study has shown a high prevalence of musculoskeletal disorders among ENT surgeons in Spain but has failed to demonstrate an important role of physical exercise in the prevention of musculoskeletal disorders.

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Just say “no”: Can dentists refuse care on the basis of finances? A survey using an ethical vignette in an Iranian Dental School

BMC Medical Ethics ◽

10.1186/s12910-020-00554-7 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 21 (1) ◽

Author(s):

Ali Kazemian ◽

Mahsa Fayyazi ◽

Shahrzad Shafiee

Keyword(s):

Ethical Dilemma ◽

Dental Students ◽

Dental School ◽

Dental Office ◽

Significant Difference ◽

The Difference ◽

Dental Offices ◽

Ethics Courses ◽

Financial Issues

Abstract Background Decision making when patients ask a dentist for fee reduction is a real ethical dilemma at dental settings. The aim of this study was to evaluate how dental students and tutors think about their position for, or against fee reduction at dental offices. Method It was a questionnaire-based survey, which examined the ethical attitudes of students and tutors of an Iranian Dental School. The questionnaire included a vignette about an ethical dilemma at a dental office. Different ethical approaches, i.e. duty-based, virtue-oriented and consequentialist arguments, for or against fee reduction at dental office were suggested. Respondents were asked to rank those ethical options. Data was entered and analyzed in SPSS 16.0. Result 121 dental students and thirty-six faculty members (dental specialists) participated in this study. It revealed that a majority of dental students and tutors (68%) are in favor of charging patients less, when facing an imagined request at dental office, using either virtue-oriented (54%) or consequentialist (14%) argument for fee reduction. The difference between rankings of four options was statistically significant, while no statistically significant difference exists neither between male and female respondents, nor students and tutors. Conclusion This case study provides a basis for fruitful discussions in ethics courses for dental students. Our study suggests that financial issues should be considered as a part of ethical training within the dental student's curriculum.

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