Practices and Attitudes of Dental Loupes and Their Relationship to Musculoskeletal Disorders among Dental Practitioners

Table 6

The relationship between current and nonusers of dental loupes and a history of recent musculoskeletal trouble in the previous seven days.

Area	Pain	Currently a nonuser, N (%)	Current user of dental loupes, N (%)	value
Lower back	Yes	137 (39.03)	7 (14.29)	0.001
	No	214 (60.97)	42 (85.71)
Neck	Yes	119 (33.9)	9 (18.37)	0.029
	No	232 (66.1)	40 (81.63)
Shoulder	Yes	75 (21.37)	0 (0)	<0.001
	No	276 (78.63)	49 (100)
Elbow	Yes	31 (8.83)	0 (0)	0.022
	No	320 (91.17)	49 (100)
Wrist	Yes	37 (10.54)	1 (2.04)	0.067
	No	314 (89.46)	48 (97.96)
Upper back	Yes	80 (22.79)	2 (4.08)	0.001
	No	271 (77.21)	47 (95.92)
Hip	Yes	42 (11.97)	2 (4.08)	0.141
	No	309 (88.03)	47 (95.92)
Knee	Yes	47 (13.39)	2 (4.08)	0.065
	No	304 (86.61)	47 (95.92)
Feet	Yes	32 (9.12)	0 (0)	0.022
	No	319 (90.88)	49 (100)