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ArticleMuscles (Basel, Switzerland)2025

Neck Pain in Dental Education: A Cross-Sectional Analysis of Neck Strength Differences.

Manuel B Almeida, Marion Moreira, Paula Moleirinho-Alves, Raúl Oliveira

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Article in Muscles (Basel, Switzerland), 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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Authors and funding

4 authors.

Manuel B AlmeidaNeuromuscular Research Lab, Interdisciplinary Centre for the Study of Human Performance (CIPER), Faculty of Human Kinetics, University of Lisbon, 1499-002 Oeiras, Portugal.ORCID 0000-0003-3334-4398
Marion MoreiraDepartment of Physiotherapy, Egas Moniz School of Health & Science, Campus Universitario, Quinta da Granja, 2829-511 Almada, Portugal.ORCID 0009-0000-9502-7692
Paula Moleirinho-AlvesEgas Moniz Center for Interdisciplinary Research (CiiEM), Egas Moniz School of Health & Science, 2829-511 Almada, Portugal.ORCID 0000-0001-5046-4661
Raúl OliveiraNeuromuscular Research Lab, Interdisciplinary Centre for the Study of Human Performance (CIPER), Faculty of Human Kinetics, University of Lisbon, 1499-002 Oeiras, Portugal.ORCID 0000-0001-9750-0527

Funding

Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia 10.54499/UIDB/04585/2020
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This study aimed to investigate if there are differences in neck strength between dental students in their fourth and fifth years, with and without neck pain. Neck muscle strength was assessed in flexion, extension, and lateral flexion to both sides using a handheld dynamometer while participants performed maximum voluntary isometric contractions with a make test procedure. Differences between groups were evaluated through a one-way analysis of variance followed by Tukey's post hoc comparison. Forty-three students (twenty-one fourth-year and twenty-two fifth-year students) participated in the study. Fifth-year students with neck pain (P5) (

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cervical paindentistry studentsneck painneck strengthoccupational health

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PMID40981065
PMCPMC12452337

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