Acta Med. 2018, 61: 131-136

https://doi.org/10.14712/18059694.2018.131

Prevalence of Musculoskeletal Disorders Symptoms among Czech Dental Students. Part 1: a Questionnaire Survey

Martin Kapitána, Nela Pilbauerováa, Lenka Vavřičkováa, Zdeňka Šustováa, Stanislav Machačb,c

aDepartment of Dentistry, Charles University, Faculty of Medicine in Hradec Králové, and University Hospital Hradec Králové, Hradec Králové, Czech Republic
bDepartment of Rehabilitation and Sports Medicine, Charles University, 2nd Faculty of Medicine, and Motol University Hospital, Prague, Czech Republic
cInstitute of Sports Medicine, Prague, Czech Republic

Received August 5, 2018
Accepted November 29, 2018

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