OBJECTIVES To quantify the prevalence and identify the associated factors of musculoskeletal pain among Saudi female school teachers. METHODS An observational quantitative cross-sectional survey of female Saudi school teachers in five different areas of Saudi Arabia was carried out between August and October 2013. A self-administered questionnaire was used in which the items related to partic...

ORTHOPEDICS | www.orthobluejournal.com Back pain is an epidemic in the adult population with 60% of adults reporting having experienced back pain.1-3 Back symptoms are the second leading symptomatic reason expressed by patients in the United States for consulting physicians.4 The incidence of back pain in children and adolescents varies from 8%-84.1%.5-15 The reported incidence depends on the p...

BACKGROUND Low back pain is a common disorder in western industrialised countries and the type of treatments for low back pain vary considerably. METHODS In a randomised controlled trial the cost-effectiveness and cost-utility of an intensive group training protocol versus physiotherapy guideline care for sub-acute and chronic low back pain patients is evaluated. Patients with back pain for l...

Contrary to common belief, back pain amongst young people is a frequent phenomenon. Epidemiological studies have found high prevalence rates of back pain amongst schoolchildren. The investigation reported here aims to validate children's self-reporting and the observation of sitting postures to establish the intensity, duration and frequency of exposure in the classroom. The sitting postures of...

The times, they are a changing in long established European and North American democracies. Alarming numbers of young citizens seem to have turned their backs on government and conventional politics. It appears that contemporary politics in most societies increasingly fail to capture the interest and attention of young citizens, who are generally skeptical of politicians and party affiliation, ...

The aim of the study was to investigate the prevalence of the nonspecific low back pain (LBP) in a population of schoolchildren in Maribor, north-eastern Slovenia. 100 children from an elementary school (age 11-15 y) and 90 children from a secondary school (age 17-18 y) were included in the study and investigated with a structured Watson questionnaire to assess low back pain prevalence, symptom...