Musculoskeletal health of the woman dentist: distinctive interventions for a growing population.
Female dentists face unique musculoskeletal demands and inherent gender differences that may place them at higher risk for occupational pain and injury than their male counterparts. By familiarizing themselves with unique muscle imbalances, specific pain syndromes, and positioning challenges to which they are predisposed, female dentists may take pre-emptive action and initiate ergonomic intervention in the operatory and specific exercise at home to reduce the risk of developing musculoskeletal disorders.
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Posturedontics, LLC, Portland, Ore., USA. bethany@posturedontics.com
D018771:Arthralgia / Q000517:prevention & control; D001416:Back Pain / Q000517:prevention & control; D002349:Carpal Tunnel Syndrome / Q000517:prevention & control; D012090:Cumulative Trauma Disorders / Q000517:prevention & control; D003816:Dentists, Women; D004198:Disease Susceptibility; D006804:Ergonomics; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D052580:Muscle Stretching Exercises; D009140:Musculoskeletal Diseases / Q000517:prevention & control*; D009784:Occupational Diseases / Q000517:prevention & control*; D010809:Physical Fitness; D011187:Posture / Q000502:physiology; D011247:Pregnancy / Q000502:physiology; D012307:Risk Factors; D012727:Sex Characteristics