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Musculoskeletal symptoms among dentists in
relation to work posture
Navah Z. Ratzon∗, Tal Yaros, Alona Mizlik and
Tamar Kanner
Department of Occupational Therapy, Tel Aviv
University, Tel Aviv, Israel
Objective: To determine the effect of work posture on mus-
culosketal complaints in Israeli dentists.
Methods: The population included 60 male dentists mean
age was 46.0 (± SD 8.66), 30 worked in sitting position
and 30 were altering positions. Study population completed
the standardized Nordic questionnaire and informative form
concerning recipient’s practice of dentistry, bio-demographic
variables and questions about workloads.
Results: Musculoskeletal symptoms in the last 12 months
were localized primarily in the lower back and in the neck
(55% and 38.3% respectively). There was a significant cor-
relation between the time spent sitting and the severity of low
back pain (r = 0.41, p = 0.01). On the other hand there
was no significant correlation between time spent sitting and
other musculoskeletal complaints (r = −0.16).
Conclusions: Dentists who work in the sitting position
have more severe low back pain than do those who alternate
between sitting and standing despite the fact that those who
sat at least 80% of the time worked less hours and had less
of a workload during their working hours. This suggests that
altering position should be recommended to dentists. An
intervention study, however, is needed to demonstrate that
changing posture will decrease the prevalence of low back
pain in dentists.
Keywords: Sitting position, altering position, workload, prac-
tice of dentistry
1. Introduction
Workload imposition is an important factor in the
occurrence of musculoskeletal symptoms in general
∗Correspondence to: Navah Z. Ratzon, OT, Ph.D., Department of
Occupational Therapy, Tel Aviv University, Ramat Aviv 69978, Tel
Aviv, Israel. Tel.: +972 3 6409104; Fax: +972 3 6409933; E-mail:
navah@post.tau.ac.il.
and specifically back pain among the working popu-
lation [12,26].The life-time history of low back pain
ranges from 51–80% [13,29]. Throughout western so-
ciety, low back pain among working population has
increased dramatically [5,7,19,20,30].
Studies note a higher incidence and prevalence of
musculoskeletal symptoms and back pain among den-
tists than other occupational groups [7,14,17,19,23,31].
Studies have reported a prevalence of 30 to 70 percent
of musculoskeletal pain among dentists [2,16,24,28].
Musculoskeletal symptoms among dentists have
been considered a consequence of the workload of
dental practice. Dentists’ work includes several well-
known risk factors for musculoskeletal symptoms in
general and specifically for low back pain. The follow-
ing widespread postures among dentists are considered
risk factors: Forward bent sitting posture, accompa-
nied with bending and twisting, and the relative static
work [1,22]. Damkot et al. [6] found that not only
sitting and twisting postures effect back pain but the
amount of sitting and twisting in seat has a great impact
on musculoskeletal pain.
There is an agreement that changing position fre-
quently is a key to avoid occupationally related muscu-
loskeletal problems. Static forces require holding the
body in one position and have been shown to be much
more taxing than dynamic forces. During a static pos-
tural position, more than 50% of the body’s muscles
must be in contraction to sustain the position and resist
the force of gravity. Dynamic movements utilize mus-
cles of opposing groups, reducing fatigue and pain [3,
10,34].
While efforts have continued to improve the er-
gonomic design of the dental furniture, the dentist him-
self has receivedless attention [15]. The purposeof this
study is to determine the prevalence of musculoskeletal
symptoms among Israeli dentists and explore the rela-
tionship of work posture, bio-demographicfactors, and
workload factors with those symptoms.
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2. Materials and methods
The population included 60 male dentists both self
employed and salaried dentists who had at least 4 years
of experience, worked at least 18 hours per week and
had at least five patients per working day. Mean age of
study population was 46.0 (± 8.66, range of ages 32–
67). The dentists were selected by randomly calling 49
of 490 dentists who were listed in the yellow pages of
Jerusalem. Thirty dentists reported that they worked at
least 80% of the time in a sitting position, 13 reported
alternating between sitting and standing positions (<
40% of working time in sitting position and < 90% of
working time in standing position). In order to recruit
more dentists in the alternating group,we called another
49 dentists at random and found 8 who worked in the
alternating position, and finally recruited an additional
9 dentists from the University clinic where the use of
the alternating position is universal.
Only 3 dentists refused to attend the study, 2 dentists
who worked in sitting position and one who worked in
the alternating position. Three dentists did not fit the
definition of the two groups.
The investigation consisted partly of the Standard-
ized Nordic Questionnaire for the analysis of muscu-
loskeletal symptoms in nine anatomical regions and
for the survey of low back symptoms during the pre-
vious 12 months and specifically the previous seven
days [14] and partly of specific questions concerning
recipient’s practice of dentistry, bio-demographic vari-
ables and questions about workloads (ergonomicwork-
load, time workload and human workload). The vari-
able ergonomic workload included self report informa-
tion about the comfort/discomfort of work station in
general and chair design specifically, body mechanism
(twisting the trunk), and reasonable/poor light and air
circulation. The variable time load was the value of
multiplying months of experience with mean weekly
working hours divided by number of annual weeks.
The variable human workloadincluded referral to num-
ber of clients per hour, number of sessions in which
parallel treatments are given to several clients, control
over number of clients and dentists’ assistant.
2.1. Data analysis
Independent variables-t-test was used to compare
age, BMI, time workload and severity of symptoms of
low back pain between sitting position and altering po-
sition group. Mann-Whitney test was used to compare
physical activity, ergonomic load and human workload
between sitting position and altering position groups.
Pearson and Spearman correlations were used to ex-
plore the association between musculoskeletal symp-
toms and low back pain and bio-demographicvariables
and workload factors. Univariate analyses were carried
in order to determine whether musculoskeletal symp-
toms, low back pain, age, sitting position, and work
loads defer on the main three practice areas of dentistry
(maxillo-facial surgery, oral rehabilitation and general
practice).
A probability level of p < 0.05 was accepted as
statistically significant.
3. Results
The population included 60 male dentists, mean age
of study population was 46.0 (± SD 8.66), and mean
years of experience 19.24 (± SD 5.7). Only a minority
of Israeli dentists (22% of the sample) alternated their
position (spent less than 40% of their working time in a
sitting position and not more than 90% of their working
time in standing position).
Reported musculoskeletal symptoms in the last 12
months were predominately localized in the lower back
and in the neck (55% and 38.3% respectively). The
most frequent reported musculoskeletal symptoms in
the last 7 days were the neck and shoulders (28.3% and
15% respectively). The highest percentage of reported
pain which prevented dentists from doing normal work
in the last 12 months was in the two anatomical regions
low back and neck (8.3% each) (Table 1).
There was no statistical difference in the occurrence
of symptoms in the last 7 days and in number of days
in the last 12 months from which the dentist was pre-
vented from doing normal work between the sitting
position group and the altering position group. Only
one anatomical region, the low back (in the last twelve
months) showed statistical difference between the two
groups. The severity of symptoms among dentists with
sitting position was higher than among dentists who
used the altering position (8.16 (± 6.28), 2.73 (± 4.52)
respectively; t = 3.84p = 0.00).
There was a significant statistical difference between
age, time load, and human load between the sitting
positiongroupand the altering position group. Altering
position group had higher mean scores on all the three
variables (Table 2).
The three major practice areas of dentistry amongthe
studypopulationwere generalpractice (36%), Maxillo-
Facial Surgery (27%) and Oral Rehabilitation (25%).
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Table 1
Occurrence of musculoskeletal symptoms in the last twelve month and at the
last 7 days among study population and occurrence of dentists prevented from
doing work
Dentists Last 12 month Last 12 month prevented Last 7 days
(N = 60) Frequency (%) from doing normal work Frequency (%)
Frequency (%)
Neck 23 (38.3) 5 (8.3) 17 (28.3)
Shoulders 15 (25) 4 (6.7) 9 (15)
Upper back 12 (20) 2 (3.3) 8 (13.3)
Low back 33 (55) 5 (8.3) 6 (10)
Elbows 4 (6.7) 1 (1.7) 2 (3.3)
Wrists/Hands 4 (6.7) 2 (3.3) 3 (5)
Hips/Thighs 3 (5) 1 (1.7) 1 (1.7)
Knees 6 (10) 1 (1.7) 1 (1.7)
Ankles/Feet 3 (5) 0 (0) 1 (1.7)
Table 2
Comparison of independent sample variables between sitting position dentists
and altering position dentists
Variables Sitting position Altering position P values
Mean(SD) (N = 30) Mean(SD) (N = 30)
Age 43.2 (6.5) 48.7 (9.7) 0.01
BMI 25.14 (2.18) 25.31 (2.44) NS
Physical activity 0.63 (0.49) 0.63 (0.49) NS
Ergonomic load 2.13 (0.68) 2.13 (0.50) NS
Time load 190.01 (91.15) 271.86 (138.49) 0.00
Human workload 3.35 (1.07) 4.01 (0.91) 0.01
Analysis of variance was submitted with practice
of dentistry and each of the following variables sepa-
rately: musculoskeletal symptoms, low back pain, sit-
ting position, age and workloads as factors; practice
of dentistry being a between subject factor, and each
of the others (second effect) being a within subject
factor. Three practice areas of dentistry groups did
not differ from each other in the dependent variables
musculoskeletal symptoms and low back pain and in
the independent variable ergonomic workload. Never-
theless, these three groups significantly differed from
each other in working position [F(2, 50) = 15.96,
p < 0.00], workload [time load: F(2, 50) = 5.03,
p < 0.01, human load: F(2, 50) = 7.65, p < 0.01]
and age [F = (2, 50) = 3.33, p < 0.04).
Table 3 showed significant correlations between in-
dependent variables age and time load and the depen-
dent variable musculoskeletal pains. Furthermore, low
back pain correlated only with working position, mean-
ing that the higher the percentage of time the dentist
spent in sitting position the higher he scored on the low
back pain.
There was a correlation between low back pain and
musculoskeletal pain (r = 0.38, p < 0.01).
There was a negative correlation between sitting and
age (r = −0.38, p < 0.01), meaning that the younger
Table 3
Correlations between bio-demographic variables and workload and
musculoskeletal and low back pain
Variables Musculoskeletal pain Low back pain
(n = 60) (n = 60)
Age 0.23∗ 0.09
BMI 0.03 0.03
Sitting −0.16 0.41∗∗
Ergonomic load 0.08 −0.01
Time load 0.22∗ 0.06
Human workload 0.12 0.09
∗p < 0.05; ∗∗p < 0.01.
the dentist is the higher is the percentage of time he was
sitting while he treated his patients (was not shown in
the table).
4. Discussion
The most frequent percentage of reported pain and
discomfort among Israeli dentists was the occurrence
of low back pain in the last twelve months. The second,
anatomical region that was reported was the neck. The
results support the findings of similar previous studies
in other countries like the findings of Marshal et al. [17],
Rundcrantz et al. [25] and others who suggested that
pain and discomfort were predominately localized in
156 N.Z. Ratzon et al. / Musculoskeletal symptoms among dentists in relation to work posture
the lower back and in the neck. The frequency of low
back pain among Israeli dentists was 2.29 times more
than the frequency of such problems among Israeli in-
dustrial workers; regarding the neck region, the fre-
quency of pain among Israeli dentists was 3.48 times
more than among industrial workers [27]. Neverthe-
less, those prevented from doing normal work during
last 12 months showed relatively low percentage (8.3%
for low back and neck), meaning that the existing of
musculoskeletal problems did not interrupt work. This
coincides with nowadays-clinical trend which advises
patients to stay active in order to reduce back pain [32].
This is in agreement with results obtained by Guay [11]
who reported that the severity of back and neck pain is
rarely such that it interrupts work.
While the occurrence of low back pain in the last
twelve months was the highest, the occurrence of pain
in this region in the past 7 days was only the third with
a frequency of 10%. It would be expected that the
proportion of musculoskeletal symptoms in the nine
anatomical regions will diverge more or less identically
in the past 12 months and in the past 7 days, but it did
not. The frequency of low back symptoms in the last 7
days was even lower than point prevalence of 15% (as it
appears in literature) among population who states that
they are having low back symptoms [9]. The authors of
this article have no explanation for this discrepancy un-
less there is a seasonal effect over different anatomical
regions.
Regarding working position and musculoskeletal
symptoms, the fact that only the low back region (in
the last twelve months) showed statistical difference
between the sitting group and the altering group can be
due to the very low frequencies of occurrence in other
anatomical regions. The lack of difference between
groups concerning the neck was perhaps a result of
body mechanism, which enforce dentists in both work-
ing positions use neck muscles in an awkward way. In
spite of these explanations, it seems that dentists who
used sitting positions experienced more severe symp-
toms than dentists who used altering position, even
though altering position dentists were older, and had
higher workloads (time and human workload) which
would be considered to be more of risk [4]. Although
age and workloads were higher among altering position
group we did not control for it since it acted against our
research hypothesis. Indeed, for dentists, special body
techniques like alternating between sitting and stand-
ing reduced back pain. These findings support Wag-
ner’s [33] article, which recommended altering posi-
tion to reduce fatigue by shifting muscular support to
opposing groups.
A specific causal relationship of occupational re-
quirements to musculoskeletal pain is difficult to es-
tablish and it is more accurate to look for multifac-
torial etiology for musculoskeletal symptoms. Bio-
demographic variables and environmental variables
might give a better perspective for the understanding of
musculoskeletal problems.
4.1. Age
Studies note an association between musculoskele-
tal problems and age [9,24]. Indeed such correlation
was found but the correlation coefficient was low, and
no correlation was found between low back pain and
age. It seems that low correlation on one hand and no
correlation on the other was partially due to interfering
variables like practice of dentistry, different working
positions and ergonomic workloads, all factors which
contributed to muscuskeletal symptoms and were inde-
terminate to the age effect.
4.2. Ergonomic workload
The effectiveness of ergonomic workload is contro-
versial; on one hand the effectiveness of ergonomic
work site was proven to avoid recurrent episodes of pain
and disability [33] and on the other hand ergonomics
variables showed a low predictive value for recovery
or for the development of pain and discomfort [25].
Moreover, in spite of improvements of the ergonomic
design of dental equipment and in the work environ-
ment, musculoskeletal pain and discomfort did not im-
prove [16,24]. Indeed this research did not show a
correlation between ergonomic workload and muscu-
loskeletal symptoms. Yet, one should remember that
the variable ergonomic workload was self-reported and
unlike time workload and human workload,which were
informative variables, ergonomics might need to rely
on a professional analysis.
4.3. Time workload
Since dentists are working on a fixed schedule which
is planned weeks or days in advance we expected time
pressure to be a risk factor to low back pain [2]. No sig-
nificant correlation was found between time workload
and back pain in this study but time load did correlate
significantly with musculoskeletal symptoms.
N.Z. Ratzon et al. / Musculoskeletal symptoms among dentists in relation to work posture 157
4.4. Human workload
The highest human workload score was among
maxillo-facial surgeons even though the existence of
dental assistance is more common among them, a fact
which should minimize stress and fatigue while achiev-
ing maximum efficiency in the practice of operative
dentistry. In fact, the significant increase in the fre-
quency of musculoskeletal pain reported by maxillo-
facial surgeons may be due to the reduction of move-
ment associated with greater utilization of dental assis-
tant or with longer periods working without taking a
break [17].
4.5. Practice of dentistry
Although practice of dentistry did not explain the
variance of musculoskeletal symptoms and low back
pain, still dentists who specialized in maxillo-facial
surgery suffered almost twice as much from muscu-
loskeletal pain (3.06) than dentists who specialized in
oral rehabilitation (1.60) and general practice (1.86).
Maxillo-facial surgeons had more time and human
workloads than oral rehabilitation and general prac-
tice. The mean scores of low back pain among gen-
eral dentists (6.63) was approximately twice as much
as the mean scores of dentists (3.7) and oral rehabilita-
tion dentists (3.03). The analysis of variance showed
that general dentists used the sitting position 3.21 times
more than maxillo-facial surgeons and 1.44 times more
than oral rehabilitation dentists. These data were re-
flected in the correlation analysis which was discussed
above.
4.6. Limitations
Dentists’ population was taken from the Jerusalem
district, which initially had been only one district in
Israel. To what degree this represents the population of
dentists in Israel is not clear. However the distribution
of muscoloskeletal complaints is comparable with that
found in other studies [17,25,30].
The use of a questionnaire as a diagnostic tool for
musculoskeletal symptoms and low back pain is as ac-
curate as any other devices, since rarely are diagnoses
for musculoskeletal symptoms and low back pain sci-
entifically valid [20]. The Nordic questionnaire is in
common use and yet the Nordic questionnaire has no
details about the frequency or duration of the inability
to work. Nor does the questionnaire indicate whether
the person has been on sick-leave or has just slowed
down his speed of work.
Subsequently, this is a retrospective study and the
correlation we found does not necessarily represent the
cause for the symptoms. A prospective study is needed
to confirm the results of this study.
Despite these cautions in the interpretation these
data, a number of potentially significant findings do
emerge. The severity of low back pain among dentists
with sitting position was higher than among dentists
who used the altering position.
Practice of dentistry differed from each other in
working position, workload and age. As for the asso-
ciation between musculoskeletal symptoms and back
pain with bio-demographic and workload factors, age
and time load correlated with musculoskeletal symp-
toms and low back pain correlated significantly only
with working posture.
5. Conclusions
Dentists who work in the sitting position have more
severe low back pain than do those who alternate be-
tween sitting and standing, despite the fact that those
who sat at least 80% of the time worked less hours and
had less of a workload duringtheir working hours. This
suggests that altering position should be recommended
to dentists. An intervention study, however, is needed
to demonstrate that changing posture will decrease the
prevalence of low back pain in dentists.
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  • 1. 153 Musculoskeletal symptoms among dentists in relation to work posture Navah Z. Ratzon∗, Tal Yaros, Alona Mizlik and Tamar Kanner Department of Occupational Therapy, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel Objective: To determine the effect of work posture on mus- culosketal complaints in Israeli dentists. Methods: The population included 60 male dentists mean age was 46.0 (± SD 8.66), 30 worked in sitting position and 30 were altering positions. Study population completed the standardized Nordic questionnaire and informative form concerning recipient’s practice of dentistry, bio-demographic variables and questions about workloads. Results: Musculoskeletal symptoms in the last 12 months were localized primarily in the lower back and in the neck (55% and 38.3% respectively). There was a significant cor- relation between the time spent sitting and the severity of low back pain (r = 0.41, p = 0.01). On the other hand there was no significant correlation between time spent sitting and other musculoskeletal complaints (r = −0.16). Conclusions: Dentists who work in the sitting position have more severe low back pain than do those who alternate between sitting and standing despite the fact that those who sat at least 80% of the time worked less hours and had less of a workload during their working hours. This suggests that altering position should be recommended to dentists. An intervention study, however, is needed to demonstrate that changing posture will decrease the prevalence of low back pain in dentists. Keywords: Sitting position, altering position, workload, prac- tice of dentistry 1. Introduction Workload imposition is an important factor in the occurrence of musculoskeletal symptoms in general ∗Correspondence to: Navah Z. Ratzon, OT, Ph.D., Department of Occupational Therapy, Tel Aviv University, Ramat Aviv 69978, Tel Aviv, Israel. Tel.: +972 3 6409104; Fax: +972 3 6409933; E-mail: navah@post.tau.ac.il. and specifically back pain among the working popu- lation [12,26].The life-time history of low back pain ranges from 51–80% [13,29]. Throughout western so- ciety, low back pain among working population has increased dramatically [5,7,19,20,30]. Studies note a higher incidence and prevalence of musculoskeletal symptoms and back pain among den- tists than other occupational groups [7,14,17,19,23,31]. Studies have reported a prevalence of 30 to 70 percent of musculoskeletal pain among dentists [2,16,24,28]. Musculoskeletal symptoms among dentists have been considered a consequence of the workload of dental practice. Dentists’ work includes several well- known risk factors for musculoskeletal symptoms in general and specifically for low back pain. The follow- ing widespread postures among dentists are considered risk factors: Forward bent sitting posture, accompa- nied with bending and twisting, and the relative static work [1,22]. Damkot et al. [6] found that not only sitting and twisting postures effect back pain but the amount of sitting and twisting in seat has a great impact on musculoskeletal pain. There is an agreement that changing position fre- quently is a key to avoid occupationally related muscu- loskeletal problems. Static forces require holding the body in one position and have been shown to be much more taxing than dynamic forces. During a static pos- tural position, more than 50% of the body’s muscles must be in contraction to sustain the position and resist the force of gravity. Dynamic movements utilize mus- cles of opposing groups, reducing fatigue and pain [3, 10,34]. While efforts have continued to improve the er- gonomic design of the dental furniture, the dentist him- self has receivedless attention [15]. The purposeof this study is to determine the prevalence of musculoskeletal symptoms among Israeli dentists and explore the rela- tionship of work posture, bio-demographicfactors, and workload factors with those symptoms. Work 15 (2000) 153–158 ISSN 1051-9815 / $8.00  2000, IOS Press. All rights reserved
  • 2. 154 N.Z. Ratzon et al. / Musculoskeletal symptoms among dentists in relation to work posture 2. Materials and methods The population included 60 male dentists both self employed and salaried dentists who had at least 4 years of experience, worked at least 18 hours per week and had at least five patients per working day. Mean age of study population was 46.0 (± 8.66, range of ages 32– 67). The dentists were selected by randomly calling 49 of 490 dentists who were listed in the yellow pages of Jerusalem. Thirty dentists reported that they worked at least 80% of the time in a sitting position, 13 reported alternating between sitting and standing positions (< 40% of working time in sitting position and < 90% of working time in standing position). In order to recruit more dentists in the alternating group,we called another 49 dentists at random and found 8 who worked in the alternating position, and finally recruited an additional 9 dentists from the University clinic where the use of the alternating position is universal. Only 3 dentists refused to attend the study, 2 dentists who worked in sitting position and one who worked in the alternating position. Three dentists did not fit the definition of the two groups. The investigation consisted partly of the Standard- ized Nordic Questionnaire for the analysis of muscu- loskeletal symptoms in nine anatomical regions and for the survey of low back symptoms during the pre- vious 12 months and specifically the previous seven days [14] and partly of specific questions concerning recipient’s practice of dentistry, bio-demographic vari- ables and questions about workloads (ergonomicwork- load, time workload and human workload). The vari- able ergonomic workload included self report informa- tion about the comfort/discomfort of work station in general and chair design specifically, body mechanism (twisting the trunk), and reasonable/poor light and air circulation. The variable time load was the value of multiplying months of experience with mean weekly working hours divided by number of annual weeks. The variable human workloadincluded referral to num- ber of clients per hour, number of sessions in which parallel treatments are given to several clients, control over number of clients and dentists’ assistant. 2.1. Data analysis Independent variables-t-test was used to compare age, BMI, time workload and severity of symptoms of low back pain between sitting position and altering po- sition group. Mann-Whitney test was used to compare physical activity, ergonomic load and human workload between sitting position and altering position groups. Pearson and Spearman correlations were used to ex- plore the association between musculoskeletal symp- toms and low back pain and bio-demographicvariables and workload factors. Univariate analyses were carried in order to determine whether musculoskeletal symp- toms, low back pain, age, sitting position, and work loads defer on the main three practice areas of dentistry (maxillo-facial surgery, oral rehabilitation and general practice). A probability level of p < 0.05 was accepted as statistically significant. 3. Results The population included 60 male dentists, mean age of study population was 46.0 (± SD 8.66), and mean years of experience 19.24 (± SD 5.7). Only a minority of Israeli dentists (22% of the sample) alternated their position (spent less than 40% of their working time in a sitting position and not more than 90% of their working time in standing position). Reported musculoskeletal symptoms in the last 12 months were predominately localized in the lower back and in the neck (55% and 38.3% respectively). The most frequent reported musculoskeletal symptoms in the last 7 days were the neck and shoulders (28.3% and 15% respectively). The highest percentage of reported pain which prevented dentists from doing normal work in the last 12 months was in the two anatomical regions low back and neck (8.3% each) (Table 1). There was no statistical difference in the occurrence of symptoms in the last 7 days and in number of days in the last 12 months from which the dentist was pre- vented from doing normal work between the sitting position group and the altering position group. Only one anatomical region, the low back (in the last twelve months) showed statistical difference between the two groups. The severity of symptoms among dentists with sitting position was higher than among dentists who used the altering position (8.16 (± 6.28), 2.73 (± 4.52) respectively; t = 3.84p = 0.00). There was a significant statistical difference between age, time load, and human load between the sitting positiongroupand the altering position group. Altering position group had higher mean scores on all the three variables (Table 2). The three major practice areas of dentistry amongthe studypopulationwere generalpractice (36%), Maxillo- Facial Surgery (27%) and Oral Rehabilitation (25%).
  • 3. N.Z. Ratzon et al. / Musculoskeletal symptoms among dentists in relation to work posture 155 Table 1 Occurrence of musculoskeletal symptoms in the last twelve month and at the last 7 days among study population and occurrence of dentists prevented from doing work Dentists Last 12 month Last 12 month prevented Last 7 days (N = 60) Frequency (%) from doing normal work Frequency (%) Frequency (%) Neck 23 (38.3) 5 (8.3) 17 (28.3) Shoulders 15 (25) 4 (6.7) 9 (15) Upper back 12 (20) 2 (3.3) 8 (13.3) Low back 33 (55) 5 (8.3) 6 (10) Elbows 4 (6.7) 1 (1.7) 2 (3.3) Wrists/Hands 4 (6.7) 2 (3.3) 3 (5) Hips/Thighs 3 (5) 1 (1.7) 1 (1.7) Knees 6 (10) 1 (1.7) 1 (1.7) Ankles/Feet 3 (5) 0 (0) 1 (1.7) Table 2 Comparison of independent sample variables between sitting position dentists and altering position dentists Variables Sitting position Altering position P values Mean(SD) (N = 30) Mean(SD) (N = 30) Age 43.2 (6.5) 48.7 (9.7) 0.01 BMI 25.14 (2.18) 25.31 (2.44) NS Physical activity 0.63 (0.49) 0.63 (0.49) NS Ergonomic load 2.13 (0.68) 2.13 (0.50) NS Time load 190.01 (91.15) 271.86 (138.49) 0.00 Human workload 3.35 (1.07) 4.01 (0.91) 0.01 Analysis of variance was submitted with practice of dentistry and each of the following variables sepa- rately: musculoskeletal symptoms, low back pain, sit- ting position, age and workloads as factors; practice of dentistry being a between subject factor, and each of the others (second effect) being a within subject factor. Three practice areas of dentistry groups did not differ from each other in the dependent variables musculoskeletal symptoms and low back pain and in the independent variable ergonomic workload. Never- theless, these three groups significantly differed from each other in working position [F(2, 50) = 15.96, p < 0.00], workload [time load: F(2, 50) = 5.03, p < 0.01, human load: F(2, 50) = 7.65, p < 0.01] and age [F = (2, 50) = 3.33, p < 0.04). Table 3 showed significant correlations between in- dependent variables age and time load and the depen- dent variable musculoskeletal pains. Furthermore, low back pain correlated only with working position, mean- ing that the higher the percentage of time the dentist spent in sitting position the higher he scored on the low back pain. There was a correlation between low back pain and musculoskeletal pain (r = 0.38, p < 0.01). There was a negative correlation between sitting and age (r = −0.38, p < 0.01), meaning that the younger Table 3 Correlations between bio-demographic variables and workload and musculoskeletal and low back pain Variables Musculoskeletal pain Low back pain (n = 60) (n = 60) Age 0.23∗ 0.09 BMI 0.03 0.03 Sitting −0.16 0.41∗∗ Ergonomic load 0.08 −0.01 Time load 0.22∗ 0.06 Human workload 0.12 0.09 ∗p < 0.05; ∗∗p < 0.01. the dentist is the higher is the percentage of time he was sitting while he treated his patients (was not shown in the table). 4. Discussion The most frequent percentage of reported pain and discomfort among Israeli dentists was the occurrence of low back pain in the last twelve months. The second, anatomical region that was reported was the neck. The results support the findings of similar previous studies in other countries like the findings of Marshal et al. [17], Rundcrantz et al. [25] and others who suggested that pain and discomfort were predominately localized in
  • 4. 156 N.Z. Ratzon et al. / Musculoskeletal symptoms among dentists in relation to work posture the lower back and in the neck. The frequency of low back pain among Israeli dentists was 2.29 times more than the frequency of such problems among Israeli in- dustrial workers; regarding the neck region, the fre- quency of pain among Israeli dentists was 3.48 times more than among industrial workers [27]. Neverthe- less, those prevented from doing normal work during last 12 months showed relatively low percentage (8.3% for low back and neck), meaning that the existing of musculoskeletal problems did not interrupt work. This coincides with nowadays-clinical trend which advises patients to stay active in order to reduce back pain [32]. This is in agreement with results obtained by Guay [11] who reported that the severity of back and neck pain is rarely such that it interrupts work. While the occurrence of low back pain in the last twelve months was the highest, the occurrence of pain in this region in the past 7 days was only the third with a frequency of 10%. It would be expected that the proportion of musculoskeletal symptoms in the nine anatomical regions will diverge more or less identically in the past 12 months and in the past 7 days, but it did not. The frequency of low back symptoms in the last 7 days was even lower than point prevalence of 15% (as it appears in literature) among population who states that they are having low back symptoms [9]. The authors of this article have no explanation for this discrepancy un- less there is a seasonal effect over different anatomical regions. Regarding working position and musculoskeletal symptoms, the fact that only the low back region (in the last twelve months) showed statistical difference between the sitting group and the altering group can be due to the very low frequencies of occurrence in other anatomical regions. The lack of difference between groups concerning the neck was perhaps a result of body mechanism, which enforce dentists in both work- ing positions use neck muscles in an awkward way. In spite of these explanations, it seems that dentists who used sitting positions experienced more severe symp- toms than dentists who used altering position, even though altering position dentists were older, and had higher workloads (time and human workload) which would be considered to be more of risk [4]. Although age and workloads were higher among altering position group we did not control for it since it acted against our research hypothesis. Indeed, for dentists, special body techniques like alternating between sitting and stand- ing reduced back pain. These findings support Wag- ner’s [33] article, which recommended altering posi- tion to reduce fatigue by shifting muscular support to opposing groups. A specific causal relationship of occupational re- quirements to musculoskeletal pain is difficult to es- tablish and it is more accurate to look for multifac- torial etiology for musculoskeletal symptoms. Bio- demographic variables and environmental variables might give a better perspective for the understanding of musculoskeletal problems. 4.1. Age Studies note an association between musculoskele- tal problems and age [9,24]. Indeed such correlation was found but the correlation coefficient was low, and no correlation was found between low back pain and age. It seems that low correlation on one hand and no correlation on the other was partially due to interfering variables like practice of dentistry, different working positions and ergonomic workloads, all factors which contributed to muscuskeletal symptoms and were inde- terminate to the age effect. 4.2. Ergonomic workload The effectiveness of ergonomic workload is contro- versial; on one hand the effectiveness of ergonomic work site was proven to avoid recurrent episodes of pain and disability [33] and on the other hand ergonomics variables showed a low predictive value for recovery or for the development of pain and discomfort [25]. Moreover, in spite of improvements of the ergonomic design of dental equipment and in the work environ- ment, musculoskeletal pain and discomfort did not im- prove [16,24]. Indeed this research did not show a correlation between ergonomic workload and muscu- loskeletal symptoms. Yet, one should remember that the variable ergonomic workload was self-reported and unlike time workload and human workload,which were informative variables, ergonomics might need to rely on a professional analysis. 4.3. Time workload Since dentists are working on a fixed schedule which is planned weeks or days in advance we expected time pressure to be a risk factor to low back pain [2]. No sig- nificant correlation was found between time workload and back pain in this study but time load did correlate significantly with musculoskeletal symptoms.
  • 5. N.Z. Ratzon et al. / Musculoskeletal symptoms among dentists in relation to work posture 157 4.4. Human workload The highest human workload score was among maxillo-facial surgeons even though the existence of dental assistance is more common among them, a fact which should minimize stress and fatigue while achiev- ing maximum efficiency in the practice of operative dentistry. In fact, the significant increase in the fre- quency of musculoskeletal pain reported by maxillo- facial surgeons may be due to the reduction of move- ment associated with greater utilization of dental assis- tant or with longer periods working without taking a break [17]. 4.5. Practice of dentistry Although practice of dentistry did not explain the variance of musculoskeletal symptoms and low back pain, still dentists who specialized in maxillo-facial surgery suffered almost twice as much from muscu- loskeletal pain (3.06) than dentists who specialized in oral rehabilitation (1.60) and general practice (1.86). Maxillo-facial surgeons had more time and human workloads than oral rehabilitation and general prac- tice. The mean scores of low back pain among gen- eral dentists (6.63) was approximately twice as much as the mean scores of dentists (3.7) and oral rehabilita- tion dentists (3.03). The analysis of variance showed that general dentists used the sitting position 3.21 times more than maxillo-facial surgeons and 1.44 times more than oral rehabilitation dentists. These data were re- flected in the correlation analysis which was discussed above. 4.6. Limitations Dentists’ population was taken from the Jerusalem district, which initially had been only one district in Israel. To what degree this represents the population of dentists in Israel is not clear. However the distribution of muscoloskeletal complaints is comparable with that found in other studies [17,25,30]. The use of a questionnaire as a diagnostic tool for musculoskeletal symptoms and low back pain is as ac- curate as any other devices, since rarely are diagnoses for musculoskeletal symptoms and low back pain sci- entifically valid [20]. The Nordic questionnaire is in common use and yet the Nordic questionnaire has no details about the frequency or duration of the inability to work. Nor does the questionnaire indicate whether the person has been on sick-leave or has just slowed down his speed of work. Subsequently, this is a retrospective study and the correlation we found does not necessarily represent the cause for the symptoms. A prospective study is needed to confirm the results of this study. Despite these cautions in the interpretation these data, a number of potentially significant findings do emerge. The severity of low back pain among dentists with sitting position was higher than among dentists who used the altering position. Practice of dentistry differed from each other in working position, workload and age. As for the asso- ciation between musculoskeletal symptoms and back pain with bio-demographic and workload factors, age and time load correlated with musculoskeletal symp- toms and low back pain correlated significantly only with working posture. 5. Conclusions Dentists who work in the sitting position have more severe low back pain than do those who alternate be- tween sitting and standing, despite the fact that those who sat at least 80% of the time worked less hours and had less of a workload duringtheir working hours. This suggests that altering position should be recommended to dentists. An intervention study, however, is needed to demonstrate that changing posture will decrease the prevalence of low back pain in dentists. References [1] Andersson, G.B.J., The epidemiology of spinal disorders, in: The Adult Spine: Principles and Practice, Frymoyer, J.W., eds., Raven Press, New York, 1991, pp. 107–146. [2] Bassett, S., Back problems among dentists, J Cand Dent Assoc 49 (1983), 251–256. [3] Buckle, P., Stubbs, D.A. and Baty, D., Musculoskeletal dis- orders and associated work factors, in: The Ergonomics of Working Postures, Corlett, E.N., Wilson, J.R. and Manenic, I., eds., Taylor and Francis, London, pp. 19–30. [4] Burdorf, A. and Sorock, G., Positive and negative evidence of risk factors for back disorders, Scand J Work Environ Health 23 (1997), 243–256. [5] Clemmer, D.I., Mohr, D.L. and Mercer, D.J., Low-back in- juries in a heavy industry I. Workers and workplace factors, Spine 16 (1991), 824–830. [6] Damkot, D.K., Pope, M.H., Lord, J. and Frymoyer, J.W., The relationship between work history, work environment and low back pain in men, Spine 9 (1984), 395–399. [7] Fish, D.R. and Morris-Allen, D.M., Musculoskeletal disorders in dentists, N Y State Dent J 64 (1998), 44–48.
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