2010
DOI: 10.1590/s0103-65132010005000024
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Exposição ocupacional do cirurgião-dentista à vibração mecânica transmitida através das mãos: um estudo de caso

Abstract: ResumoO objetivo do presente trabalho foi estimar a exposição a vibrações induzidas pelo uso de instrumentos rotatórios por cirurgiões-dentistas. Os instrumentos rotatórios analisados foram de alta e de baixa rotação. Os efeitos deletérios das vibrações no conjunto mão/braço são uma função da frequência e da amplitude do sinal. Observou-se que os efeitos dependem, ainda, da excitação ser constituída por uma única frequência ou apresentar um espectro complexo. Foram testadas três amostras de cada instrumento ro… Show more

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“…United States (US), Canada and Europe refer to these as Repetitive Strain Injuries (RSI), complications in the neck, arms and shoulders in Brazil, the Netherlands and Australia named it Occupational Overuse Syndrome and Japanese name for it is Cervicobrachial Occupational Disorders [ 1 ]. The USA spends approximately two billion dollars annually on its population suffering from Musculoskeletal Disorders, rs (MSDs), usually detected in the neck, arms and shoulders [ 2 ]. Sickness leaves at the workplace indirectly reflects the productivity and economy of the country.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…United States (US), Canada and Europe refer to these as Repetitive Strain Injuries (RSI), complications in the neck, arms and shoulders in Brazil, the Netherlands and Australia named it Occupational Overuse Syndrome and Japanese name for it is Cervicobrachial Occupational Disorders [ 1 ]. The USA spends approximately two billion dollars annually on its population suffering from Musculoskeletal Disorders, rs (MSDs), usually detected in the neck, arms and shoulders [ 2 ]. Sickness leaves at the workplace indirectly reflects the productivity and economy of the country.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%