The biomechanical demands of manual scaling on the shoulders & neck of dental hygienists

Ergonomics

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 127-137

  La Delfa, Nicholas J ^a,b   Grondin, Diane E ^c   Cox, Jocelyn ^c   Potvin, Jim R ^a   Howarth, Samuel J ^c  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^c CANADIAN MEMORIAL CHIROPRACTIC COLLEGE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Dental ergonomics; dental hygiene; neck; physical demands; shoulder

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; MUSCLE; SHOULDERS (ROAD);

DENTAL HYGIENE; ERGONOMICS INTERVENTION; MUSCLE ACTIVITIES; NECK; PHYSICAL DEMAND; PHYSICAL EXPOSURES; SURFACE ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; WORK-RELATED INJURIES;

ERGONOMICS;

ADULT; BACK MUSCLE; BIOENGINEERING; BIOMECHANICS; DELTOID MUSCLE; DENTAL ASSISTANT; DENTAL SCALING; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; NECK; PECTORAL MUSCLE; SHOULDER;

ADULT; BIOMECHANICAL PHENOMENA; DELTOID MUSCLE; DENTAL HYGIENISTS; DENTAL SCALING; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN ENGINEERING; HUMANS; NECK; PECTORALIS MUSCLES; SHOULDER; SUPERFICIAL BACK MUSCLES;

EID: 84962910871     PISSN: 00140139     EISSN: 13665847     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00140139.2016.1171402     Document Type: Article

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