Background: Impairment of cervical sensory input in patients with neck pain may disturb postural stability. The purpose of present study was to assess the dynamic postural stability of subjects with chronic neck pain compared to a matched control group.    Methods: In this case-control study, 22 chronic non-specific neck pain and 22 healthy individuals participated. Postural stabilit...

Don’t be soft on soft-tissue injuries. These problems—typically, strains and sprains to the back, shoulders, neck, and other areas—plague numerous organizations and, even worse, often escalate as workforces age. Initially, many companies try to injury-proof the workplace, from ergonomic design fixes to job redesign/ rotation. These definitely help but, regrettably, often to a plateau. In last m...

In spite of their significant cost, the relatively long learning curve associated with their use, frustrations during use, their occasional need for being replaced and their peculiar appearance to patients, magnifying loupes assist all types of clinical dentists in producing higher-quality dentistry. Seeing better also means decreasing operating time. Properly fitted loupes also can improve pos...

Our review of the literature showed no report on the subjective symptoms of the upper extremities in dental technicians. This study was therefore undertaken on 164 dental technicians in Gifu Prefecture to investigate the relationship between the subjective symptoms of the hands, arms and shoulders and work of dental technicians. The following results were obtained. 1) The prevalence of Raynaud'...

abstract introduction: chronic neck pain is one of the most common problems among computer users. the aim of this research was evaluation of the effect of 8 weeks selected exercise therapy and self treatment with pamphlet programs on the strength and range of motion (rom) of the neck in the patients with chronic neck pain. methods: sixty-six patients with chronic neck pain (mean (±sd) age 39.19...