title: "Ergonomics"--OSHA's next regulatory frontier?
abstract: Ergonomics is an increasing health concern for all work environments in the 1990s. Ergonomic stresses do exist in the dental office for all personnel, and proposed regulatory activity will include dentistry. Hopefully, the pace of regulation will be met by scientific investigation that quantifies these stresses and defines their proper management and prevention. If so, ergonomics will become well-understood and will not develop as a new frontier of misapplied regulation.
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authors.lastname: Palm
mesh_terms: D002349:Carpal Tunnel Syndrome / Q000517:prevention & control; D016288:Computer Terminals; D012090:Cumulative Trauma Disorders / Q000517:prevention & control; D003770:Dental Offices / Q000592:standards*; D006804:Ergonomics / Q000592:standards*; D006801:Humans; D009784:Occupational Diseases / Q000517:prevention & control; D014481:United States; D014489:United States Occupational Safety and Health Administration