An electronic instrumentation for predicting musculoskeletal disorders among dentists

An electronic instrumentation for predicting musculoskeletal disorders among dentists: a randomised controlled trial

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

ISRCTN

Registry ID

ISRCTN85616126

Enrollment

Registered

2011-08-02

Start date

2011-03-01

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2017-06-05

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Conditions

Musculoskeletal disorders in dentists Musculoskeletal Diseases Pain, not elsewhere classified

Interventions

1. The participants? task was to perform scaling on upper right maxillary 2nd and 1st molars for 15 minutes 2. Participants in the experiment group received feedback on those data after finishing sc

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: 1. All participants were general dentists from the same hospital 2. Male or female 3. Aged between 25 - 30

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Participants performed less than 6 hours of dental work a day

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
1. The angle at 10th percentile of Headx, Heady, Backx and Backy 2. Recorded two times: after finishing scaling on the 2nd molar (Pre-test) and finishing scaling on the 1st molar (Post-test)	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
The log likelihood for classifying the movements as Work-Related Musculoskeletal Disorder (WMSD) likelihood	—

Countries

Thailand

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ISRCTN (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026