Evaluating dental office ergonomicy risk factors and hazards

Journal of the American Dental Association

Volumn 129, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 174-183

  Bramson, James B ^a,b   Smith, Scott ^c   Romagnoli, Guido ^c  

^a AMERICAN DENTAL ASSOCIATION   (United States)

^b Massachusetts Dental Society   (United States)

^c Humantech   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DENTAL ALLOY;

ARTICLE; BIOENGINEERING; BODY POSTURE; DENTAL ASSISTANT; DENTAL DEVICE; DENTAL FACILITY; DENTAL SURGERY; DENTIST; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVALUATION; FOREARM; HAND; HUMAN; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; MECHANICAL STRESS; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; PHYSIOLOGY; PREVENTIVE DENTISTRY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SKELETAL MUSCLE; TASK PERFORMANCE; TIME; TOOTH CROWN; WRIST;

CROWNS; DENTAL AMALGAM; DENTAL DEVICES, HOME CARE; DENTAL HYGIENISTS; DENTAL OFFICES; DENTAL PROPHYLAXIS; DENTAL RESTORATION, PERMANENT; DENTAL SCALING; DENTISTRY, OPERATIVE; DENTISTS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVALUATION STUDIES; FOREARM; HAND; HUMAN ENGINEERING; HUMANS; MOVEMENT; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; POSTURE; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; STRESS, MECHANICAL; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; TIME AND MOTION STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; WRIST JOINT;

EID: 0031989747     PISSN: 00028177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14219/jada.archive.1998.0174     Document Type: Article

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