introduction: in different professions, including dentistry, work-related musculoskeletal disorders (msds) are the main reason of loss of working period, increasing labor costs, human injuries, and absence from work. improper posture while working is the main cause of these disorders among dentists. in this regard, identifying the risk factors and its potential harms are absolutely necessary. h...

In recent years a growing number of topical nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) have become available. This has been prompted in large part by the high incidence of serious gastrointestinal adverse events associated with the use of systemic NSAIDs, and the premise that minimisation of plasma concentrations of active drug may result in fewer systemic adverse effects. Evidence in humans...

Bergsten, E. L. 2017. Working conditions and musculoskeletal disorders in flight baggage handling. Digital Comprehensive Summaries of Uppsala Dissertations from the Faculty of Medicine 1321. 59 pp. Uppsala: Acta Universitatis Upsaliensis. ISBN 978-91-554-9868-9. Introduction: Baggage handling is considered to be a heavy manual handling job including biomechanical exposures suspected of increasi...

Valid and reliable assessment of pain is fundamental for both clinical trials and effective pain management. The nature of pain makes objective measurement impossible. Chronic musculoskeletal pain assessment and its impact on physical, emotional and social functions require multidimensional qualitative tools and healthrelated quality of life instruments. The recommendations concerning outcome m...

In the municipality of Pedreira in São Paulo State, Brazil, a large number of workers from the ceramic industry have left their jobs because of work related musculoskeletal disorders. The objectives of this study were to describe the work conditions pertaining to the ceramic industry, to determine the prevalence of musculoskeletal pain and to identify the associations between symptoms and organ...

This study investigated the prevalence of musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) and associations with organizational, physical and psychosocial working conditions among 520 nursing personnel in Tehran, Iran. The results of the cross-sectional study on aids and different educational levels of nurses showed that the participants experienced 88% of MSDs in at least one body region during the past 12 mo...

OBJECTIVE To investigate the effectiveness of aquatic exercise in the management of musculoskeletal conditions. DATA SOURCES A systematic review was conducted using Ovid MEDLINE, Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature, Embase, and The Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials from earliest record to May 2013. STUDY SELECTION We searched for randomized controlled trial...

OBJECTIVES To describe the prevalence of secondary health conditions among persons with long-term spinal cord injury, and the relationship between these secondary health conditions and quality of life. DESIGN Multicentre, cross-sectional study. SUBJECTS Individuals (n = 282) with traumatic or non-traumatic spinal cord injury for ≥ 10 years, age at injury 18-35 years, current age 28-65 years...

The use of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) has become routine in the evaluation of musculoskeletal conditions. Originally, MRI was used mainly as a preoperative planning tool for patients thought to have surgical pathology based on history and physical examination. In recent years, however, MRI often has been used solely to establish a diagnosis, in many cases before any conservative treatment...