Signos y síntomas de enfermedades músculo-esqueléticas en odontólogos de la FOULA

Abstract

Due to the daily activity of their professional practice, dentists are prone to musculoskeletal injuries as an occupational disease. The aim of this study was to describe the signs and symptoms of musculoskeletal disease in dentists professors of the FOULA. For this purpose two questionnaires measuring pain, discomfort or musculoskeletal problems were used. The results were obtained on tables and graphs that reflect the frequency and percentage of occurrence of the variables studied, noting that 52.8 % of respondents dentists had pain in the neck and 41.5 % in the lumbar area, which involves a possible risk of suffering in future, some sort of work-related musculoskeletal disease, such as cervical pain or lumbago musculoskeletal disease.