Reports of body pain in a dental student population

Journal of the American Dental Association

Volumn 136, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 81-86

  Rising, David W ^a   Bennett, Bradford C ^b   Hursh, Kevin ^c,d   Plesh, Octavia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^c Univ CA S Francisco Sch of Dent   (United States)

^d Community Dental Healthcare ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Dental students; Musculoskeletal pain

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; BODY REGIONS; CAREER; CHRONIC PAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EXPERIENCE; EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL PERSONNEL; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MEDICAL STUDENT; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; NECK PAIN; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PERCEPTION; PERFORMANCE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SHOULDER PAIN; SYMPTOM; BODY POSTURE; DENTAL STUDENT; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BACK PAIN; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES; NECK PAIN; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; POSTURE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SAN FRANCISCO; SEX FACTORS; SHOULDER PAIN; STUDENTS, DENTAL;

EID: 13844312830     PISSN: 00028177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14219/jada.archive.2005.0032     Document Type: Article

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