Functional training for dentistry: an exercise prescription for dental health care personnel
Jones, A.C.; Forsythe, S.
Journal of the California Dental Association 33(2): 137-145
2005
ISSN/ISBN: 1043-2256 PMID: 15816704 Document Number: 591484
Athlete's Performance, an organization of specialists in the development of athleticism and injury prevention, has analyzed the seated postural demands of dental health care workers for the purpose of developing an exercise protocol appropriate to the dental profession. As with their individualized exercise prescriptions for some of the world's most acclaimed athletes, the conditioning of the torso is the focus of a prescription for exercise when injury prevention is emphasized. An analysis of the seated postural demands common to dental health care workers is the basis for an exercise protocol intended to strengthen the torso and encourage "good" seated posture.