ArticleInternational journal of environmental research and public health2021
Ergonomic Comparison of Four Dental Workplace Concepts Using Inertial Motion Capture for Dentists and Dental Assistants.
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- Transparency as a Means to Analyse the Impact of Inertial Sensors on Users during the Occupational Ergonomic Assessment: A Systematic Review.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Pooled it
- A new approach for the implementation of ergonomics in sonography to prevent work-related musculoskeletal disorders (ErgoSon).Journal of occupational medicine and toxicology (London, England) · 2025Article
- The Role of Chair Design in Dental Ergonomics: A Kinematic Assessment of Movement and Ergonomic Risk.Bioengineering (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Measuring the Effect of an Ergonomic Lecture on the Rapid Upper Limb Assessment Scores of Dental Assistant Students Using Inertial Sensor-Based Motion Capture-A Randomized Controlled Study.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Ergonomic interventions and endodontic treatment outcomes: An analysis of dentist working posture and error rates.The Saudi dental journal · 2024Article
- Musculoskeletal disorders among dental assistants: a cross-sectional study.BMC musculoskeletal disorders · 2024Article
- Testing the Level of Agreement between Two Methodological Approaches of the Rapid Upper Limb Assessment (RULA) for Occupational Health Practice-An Exemplary Application in the Field of Dentistry.Bioengineering (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Perception and Knowledge of Dental Ergonomics among Romanian Dental Students.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- A RULA-Based Comparison of the Ergonomic Risk of Typical Working Procedures for Dentists and Dental Assistants of General Dentistry, Endodontology, Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, and Orthodontics.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
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Abstract
When the inventory is arranged in a dental practice, a distinction can be made between four different dental workplace concepts (DWCs). Since the prevalence of musculoskeletal diseases in dental professionals is very high, preventive solution need to be investigated. As the conventionally used DWCs have, to date, never been studied in terms of their ergonomics, this study aims to investigate the ergonomic risk when working at the four different DWCs. In total, 75 dentists (37 m/38 f) and 75 dental assistants (16 m/59 f) volunteered to take part in this study. Standardized cooperative working procedures were carried out in a laboratory setting and kinematic data were recorded using an inertial motion capture system. The data were applied to an automated version of the Rapid Upper Limb Assessment (RULA). Comparisons between the DWCs and between the dentists and dental assistants were calculated. In all four DWCs, both dentists and dental assistants spent 95-97% of their working time in the worst possible RULA score. In the trunk, DWCs 1 and 2 were slightly favorable for both dentists and dental assistants, while for the neck, DWC 4 showed a lower risk score for dentists. The ergonomic risk was extremely high in all four DWCs, while only slight advantages for distinct body parts were found. The working posture seemed to be determined by the task itself rather than by the different inventory arrangements.
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