Exposure to a workday environment results in an increase in anterior tilting of the scapula in dental hygienists with greater employment experience

Clinical Biomechanics

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 341-345

  Ettinger, Luke ^a   McClure, Philip ^b   Kincl, Laurel ^c   Karduna, Andrew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

^b ARCADIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dental hygienists; Scapular kinematics; Workday fatigue

Indexed keywords

DENTAL HYGIENISTS; ELECTROMAGNETIC TRACKING SYSTEMS; HIGH INCIDENCE; INTERNAL ROTATIONS; LOW LEVEL; MUSCLE FATIGUES; OCCUPATIONAL INJURY; SCAPULAR KINEMATICS; SHOULDER INJURY; WORK EXPERIENCE; WORKING POSTURES;

ELECTRONIC CIRCUIT TRACKING;

KINEMATICS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; DENTIST; EMPLOYMENT; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; KINEMATICS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCAPULA; SHOULDER IMPINGEMENT SYNDROME; SHOULDER INJURY; WORKING TIME;

ADULT; DENTAL HYGIENISTS; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; POSTURE; SCAPULA; WORKLOAD; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84859099796     PISSN: 02680033     EISSN: 18791271     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinbiomech.2011.10.014     Document Type: Article

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