BACKGROUND Low back pain is the most common musculo-skeletal problem in the workplace. Data from low-income countries are scant. OBJECTIVES To determine the prevalence and risk factors for low back pain among office workers in Ibadan, Nigeria. METHODS A cross-sectional study design was utilized. Questionnaires were distributed among office workers in the civil service in Ibadan, Nigeria. ...

OBJECTIVE To analyze the role that biomechanical strains and psychosocial work factors play in occupational class disparities in low-back pain in the GAZEL cohort. METHODS Recruited in 1989, the GAZEL cohort members were employees of the French national company in charge of energy who volunteered to enroll in an annual follow-up survey. The study population comprised 1487 men who completed qu...

STUDY DESIGN Prospective cohort study. OBJECTIVE To describe the natural history of low back pain by its prevalence, incidence, and recurrence during a 3-year period and identify risk factors for cumulative incidence and recurrence of low back pain in scaffolders. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA Although some studies have described prevalence, incidence, or recurrence of low back pain, few studi...

introduction: many factors are related to the disability of subjects with chronic low back pain. fear-avoidance of injury and movement are the most important risk factors to increase the disability followed by decreased physical activity in these patients. the aim of current study was to compare the level of disability and fear-avoidance between two groups of low back pain patients with and wit...

results no significant difference was observed between the two groups in terms of chronic low back pain; frequency of low back pain in clinical staff was 18% (18 individuals) and in office staff this was 17% (17 individuals) (p < 0.05). chronic low back pain in the clinical group might be related to flexion and extension, twisting, pulling or pushing, carrying, handling of patients, and sitting...

STUDY OBJECTIVE To assist a purchasing district in the planning of services for low back pain by assessing the prevalence of symptoms and the current involvement of primary, secondary, and complementary care in the treatment of low back pain. In the light of these findings, to assess further the potential impact of a new system of open access to physical therapy, as recommended by the British C...

BACKGROUND Although agricultural workers experience a high prevalence of musculoskeletal pain, associations between specific agricultural activities and musculoskeletal pain are not well characterized. METHODS Among 518 regional farmers, responses to a mailed questionnaire were used to estimate (i) the 2-week prevalence of low back, neck/shoulder, and elbow/wrist/hand pain, and (ii) associati...

Low back pain and neck pain are major public health problems in the USA [1]. In a 3‐month prevalence study conducted across the USA, more than 34 million (17%) adults reported low back pain alone, 9 million (4%) reported neck pain alone and 19 million (9%) reported both low back pain and neck pain, resulting in a 3‐month combined prevalence of 31% of adults [1]. Studies conducted elsewhere repo...