ArticleMedical archives (Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina)2015
Low back pain and obesity.
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- Prevalence of Low Back Pain and Associated Risk Factors among Saudi Arabian Adolescents: A Cross-Sectional Study.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- Patient-Specific Finite Element Modeling of the Whole Lumbar Spine Using Clinical Routine Multi-Detector Computed Tomography (MDCT) Data-A Pilot Study.Biomedicines · 2022Article
- Prevalence and predictors of low back pain among the Iranian population: Results from the Persian cohort study.Annals of medicine and surgery (2012) · 2022Article
- A biopsychosocial examination of chronic back pain, limitations on usual activities, and treatment in Brazil, 2019.PloS one · 2022Article
- Physiological Changes and Pathological Pain Associated with Sedentary Lifestyle-Induced Body Systems Fat Accumulation and Their Modulation by Physical Exercise.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Review
- Low back pain, obesity, and inflammatory markers: exercise as potential treatment.Journal of exercise rehabilitation · 2018Review
- Prevalence and factors associated with low back pain among nurses at a regional hospital in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.Health SA = SA Gesondheid · 2018Article
- Characteristics of spinal microglia in aged and obese mice: potential contributions to impaired sensory behavior.Immunity & ageing : I & A · 2015Article
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Abstract
introductionLow back pain poses a significant problem in clinics and public health. It presents one of the main problems with adults, since 70-80% of adults experience it at least once in their lifetime. Causes of the low back pain are numerous and often unknown.
objectivesThe aim of the study is to find the most prevalent age group, pain localisation, and the frequency of physical therapy sessions in obese and non-obese subjects with LBP. MATERIALS AND
methodsThe study has been conducted by the Physical Rehabilitation Service of the Occupational Medicine Institute, during one year period. The total number of patients studied was 101 and all were Kosovo Energy Corporation (KEC) employees. The study was retrospective.
resultsLooking at the body weight index, out of 101 patients, 69.3% are classified as non-obese and 30.7% as obese. Using T-Test we have found a difference of high statistical significance between the average number of the physical therapy sessions applied in relation to the examined groups (T-Test=2.78, P=0.0065, so, P<0.01).
conclusionObesity and age have no direct influence in back pain, but they could prolong healing. Professional occupation and binding position are factors that affect back pain. Physical workload can cause the manifestation of sciatica; whereas psycho-social factors can prolong the overall healing process.
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