introduction: approximately, 30-40% of general population experience at least one episode of low back pain (lbp) annually. research on lbp in adolescents is of great value, as it seems to be a major contributing factor for lbp in adulthood. this study was designed to assess lbp characteristics and its disability in mazandaran province secondary school children in 2004. materials and methods: th...

Title: Prevalence of low back pain and its risk factors among secondary school teachers at Bentong, Pahang Objective: The purpose of this study is to determine the prevalence of low back pain among Secondary School Teachers and to investigate the associated risk factors at Bentong, Pahang. Methodology: A self-administered questionnaire was distributed to 260 subjects through random sampling in ...

BACKGROUND Over one year, the majority of patients with low back pain (LBP) from the secondary care sector could not report a single week without LBP and few could report a non-episode, defined as at least one month without LBP. Presumably, non-episodes would be more common in the general population. The aim of this study was to assess the usefulness of this definition of ´"non-episodes", by st...

OBJECTIVE To assess the biomechanical evidence in support of advocating the squat lifting technique as an administrative control to prevent low back pain. BACKGROUND Instruction with respect to lifting technique is commonly employed to prevent low back pain. The squat technique is the most widely advised lifting technique. Intervention studies failed to show health effects of this approach an...

OBJECTIVE To determine the psychometric properties of the 23-item version of the Roland Morris Disability Questionnaire (RMDQ-23) and to quantify their stability across 2 cultures/languages and 2 types of care-settings. METHODS Rasch analysis of data from 1,000 patients with low back pain from primary care (UK and Denmark) and secondary care (Denmark). RESULTS The RMDQ-23 is unidimensional ...

OBJECTIVES To assess the outcome of subacute low back pain, to identify the characteristics of patients and physicians which were related to outcome and to evaluate the influence of rheumatologists' beliefs about back pain on their following the guidelines for physical and occupational activity. METHODS DESIGN a longitudinal descriptive survey. SETTING a secondary care practice in France...

BACKGROUND It has been proposed that an episode of low back pain (LBP) be defined as: "a period of pain in the lower back lasting for more than 24 h preceded and followed by a period of at least 1 month without LBP". Previous studies have tested the definition in the general population and in secondary care populations with distinctly different results. The objectives of this study (in a primar...

BACKGROUND Most patients in the secondary care sector consulting for low back pain (LBP) seem to have a more or less constant course of pain during the ensuing year. Fewer patients with LBP in the primary care sector report continual pain over a one-year period. However, not much is known about the long-term course of LBP in the general population. A systematic critical literature review was un...

BACKGROUND Back pain is a major health problem and many sufferers develop persistent symptoms. Detecting relevant subgroups of patients with non-specific low back pain has been highlighted as a priority area for research, as this could enable better secondary prevention through the targeting of prognostic indicators for persistent, disabling symptoms. We plan to conduct a randomised controlled ...

BACKGROUND Until recently, non-specific low back pain (NSLBP) in adolescents was considered a rare phenomenon unlike in adults. The last two decades has shown an increasing amount of research highlighting the prevalence in this age group. Recent studies estimate lifetime prevalence at 7%-80%, point prevalence at 10%-15%, and prevalence of recurrent NSLBP at 13%-36%. In Zimbabwe, there is dearth...