ArticleBMC musculoskeletal disorders2012
The relationship between low back pain and leisure time physical activity in a working population of cleaners--a study with weekly follow-ups for 1 year.
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- Pain Assessment--Can it be Done with a Computerised System? A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2016Pooled it
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- Prevention of low back pain and its consequences among nurses' aides in elderly care: a stepped-wedge multi-faceted cluster-randomized controlled trial.BMC public health · 2013Trial
- Low back pain patterns over one year among 842 workers in the DPhacto study and predictors for chronicity based on repetitive measurements.BMC musculoskeletal disorders · 2016Article
- Low back pain and physical activity--A 6.5 year follow-up among young adults in their transition from school to working life.BMC public health · 2015Article
- The association between symptom severity and physical activity participation in people seeking care for acute low back pain.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 · 2015Article
- [Formalized consensus: clinical practice recommendations for the management of acute low back pain of the African patient].The Pan African medical journal · 2015Review
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Abstract
backgroundLow back pain (LBP) and leisure time physical activity (LTPA) are considered to be closely related, and clinical guidelines for the treatment of acute LBP recommend patients stay physically active. However, the documentation for this recommendation is sparse and based on studies involving patient populations. The purpose of the study was (1) to investigate the correlation between LBP and LTPA on a weekly basis over the course of a year in a high-risk group of cleaners; and (2) to investigate if maintaining LTPA during an episode of acute LBP has a positive effect on LBP intensity in the subsequent 4 weeks.
methods188 cleaners consented to participate in a 52-week text message survey about hours of LTPA and intensity of LBP (from 0 to 9) over the previous 7 days. The correlation between LBP and LTPA was calculated by Pearson correlation coefficient. During an episode of acute LBP, a mixed effect logistic regression model was used to investigate whether cleaners who maintain LTPA have a lower pain intensity and higher probability of returning to initial pain intensity within the following four weeks compared with cleaners who decrease LTPA during acute LBP.
resultsThe correlation between weekly LTPA and LBP data was negative, but numerically low (r = -0.069) and statistically insignificant (p = 0.08). Among the 82 cleaners experiencing at least one episode of acute LBP, those maintaining LTPA during an episode of acute LBP did not have a lower pain intensity (average LBP intensity difference between groups of 0.06; 95% confidence interval (95% CI) of -0.417 to 0.539) or higher probability of returning to initial pain level (Odds ratio 1,02; 95% CI of 0.50 to 2.09) in the following four weeks compared with cleaners decreasing LTPA during acute LBP.
conclusionsHours of LTPA and intensity of LBP measured on a weekly basis throughout a year showed no close correlation. Maintaining LTPA during an episode of acute LBP did not result in a positive effect on LBP in the following 4 weeks. Documentation of LTPA recommendations for acute LBP in working populations is still needed.
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