The time-course changes in postural control variability between neck pain and asymptomatic dental students.

ABSTRACT: Changes in postural control associated with clinical practice or specific conditions such as the presence of neck pain remain unexplored in dental students. Therefore, this study aimed to explore the time-course changes in postural control complexity among dental students enrolled in clinical practice, comparing those with and without neck pain. We used an online Nordic Musculoskeletal Questionnaire for group allocation and center of pressure (CoP) oscillations with a tri-axial Bertec force plate. Baseline data were acquired from dental students with neck pain (NP) (n = 21) and asymptomatic in a control group (n = 23), before starting their clinical practice, and assessments were repeated after their first semester. CoP fluctuations were determined through the calculation of sample entropy

SUBMITTER: Almeida MB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11680779 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature