Work-Related Musculoskeletal Disorders in Iranian Dentists: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Work-related musculoskeletal disorders are the most important problems among professions particularly, dentists. This study was conducted to determine the prevalence of musculoskeletal disorders in various parts of the body in Iranian dentists by using systematic review and meta-analysis.

Methods

This systematic review and meta-analysis was based on preferred reporting items for systematic reviews and meta-analyses (PRISMA) guidelines and searching in national databases such as SID, Magiran, Irandoc, IranMedex, and Medlib, and international databases such as MedLine, Web of Sciences, Scopus, PubMed, ScienceDirect, Cochrane, Embase, Springer, Wiley Online Library, Ebsco, CEBM, and Google Scholar search engine which were published by January 1, 2017. Researched keyw

SUBMITTER: ZakerJafari HR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6111132 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature