ArticleOccupational and environmental medicine2008
Biomechanical strains and low back disorders: quantifying the effects of the number of years of exposure on various types of pain.
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- Low back pain among professional bus drivers: a cross-sectional study from Bangladesh.BMC public health · 2023Article
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- Occupational biomechanical exposure predicts low back pain in older age among men in the Gazel Cohort.International archives of occupational and environmental health · 2015Article
- Three components of postural control associated with pushing in symmetrical and asymmetrical stance.Experimental brain research · 2013Article
- Risk for low back pain from different frequencies, load mass and trunk postures of lifting and carrying among female healthcare workers.International archives of occupational and environmental health · 2013Article
- Physical occupational exposures during working life and quality of life after labour market exit: results from the GAZEL study.Aging & mental health · 2013Article
- Effectiveness of preventive back educational interventions for low back pain: a critical review of randomized controlled clinical trials.European spine journal : official publication of the European Spine Society, the European Spinal Deformity Society, and the European Section of the Cervical Spine Research Society · 2012Review
- Low back pain around retirement age and physical occupational exposure during working life.BMC public health · 2011Article
- Socioeconomic position and low-back pain--the role of biomechanical strains and psychosocial work factors in the GAZEL cohort.Scandinavian journal of work, environment & health · 2009Article
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Abstract
objectiveTo assess the effects of duration of exposure to biomechanical strains on various types of low back pain (LBP).
methodsThe population study was a random sample from the GAZEL cohort. Durations of exposure to selected biomechanical strains during subjects' working lifetime and potential confounders were assessed in 1996 by self-administered questionnaires. Data on LBP in the previous 12 months were collected in 2001. Relations between various dimensions of LBP and durations of exposure to the biomechanical strains were analysed with multivariate regression models. Polytomous models were built to determine whether some biomechanical strains were specifically associated with some types of LBP.
resultsAnalyses were performed separately for men (n = 2218) and women (n = 383). Significant associations were observed (ORs reported are those for 20 years of exposure) between LBP and durations of driving and bending/twisting for men (OR 1.24 and 1.37 respectively); LBP for more than 30 days and duration of exposure to bending/twisting for men and women (OR 2.20 and 2.00 respectively) and duration of driving for women (OR 3.15); LBP radiating to the leg and duration of driving for men (OR 1.43) and bending/twisting for women (OR 1.95); LBP radiating below the knee and duration of exposure to pulling/pushing/carrying for men (OR 1.88). Bending/twisting in both men and women, and driving for women appeared to be stronger risk factors for LBP for more than 30 days. Pulling/pushing/carrying heavy loads appeared to be a risk factor specific for LBP radiating below the knee for men.
conclusionThis study suggests that exposure to biomechanical strains has long-term effects and a dose-response relation with duration of exposure and specific effects for some types of LBP.
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