Open AccessDoes objectively measured daily duration of forward bending predict development and aggravation of low-back pain? A prospective study
Author(s) -
Julie Lagersted-Olsen,
Birthe Lykke Thomsen,
Andreas Holtermann,
Karen Søgaard,
Marie Birk Jørgensen
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
scandinavian journal of work, environment and health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.621
H-Index - 103
eISSN - 1795-990X
pISSN - 0355-3140
DOI - 10.5271/sjweh.3591
Subject(s) - medicine , trunk , low back pain , cohort study , physical therapy , prospective cohort study , cohort , population , physical medicine and rehabilitation , ecology , alternative medicine , environmental health , pathology , biology
The aim of this paper was to investigate if objectively measured daily duration of forward bending of the trunk increases the risk of the development or aggravation of low-back pain (LBP) over one year in a working blue-collar population by examining (i) the incidence rate of LBP among workers reporting no LBP at baseline, and (ii) the aggravation of LBP among workers reporting LBP at baseline.