ArticleBMC public health2015
Low back pain and physical activity--A 6.5 year follow-up among young adults in their transition from school to working life.
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- Poor prognosis of child and adolescent musculoskeletal pain: a systematic literature review.BMJ open · 2019Pooled it
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- Fear Avoidance Predicts Persistent Pain in Young Adults With Low Back Pain: A Prospective Study.The Journal of orthopaedic and sports physical therapy · 2021Article
- Association between lifestyle and musculoskeletal pain: cross-sectional study among 10,000 adults from the general working population.BMC musculoskeletal disorders · 2019Article
- Rapid Assessment of Physical Activity and its Association Among Patients with Low Back Pain.Cureus · 2019Article
- Million Visual Analogue Scale Questionnaire: Validation of the Persian Version.Asian spine journal · 2019Article
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- Association between objectively measured physical activity and body mass index with low back pain: a large-scale cross-sectional study of Japanese men.BMC public health · 2018Article
- Association between V̇OBMC public health · 2017Article
- Participation in physical activity and back pain among an elderly population in South Asia.Journal of pain research · 2017Article
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Abstract
backgroundThe association between leisure time physical activity and low back pain in young adults is unclear and is in the need of prospectively obtained evidence. This study examined the course of low back pain and the association between low back pain and leisure time physical activity in a cohort of young adults in their transition from school to working life.
methodsBoth low back pain and leisure time physical activity was monitored over a 6.5 year period in 420 subjects starting out as students within hairdressing, electrical installation and media/design. The association between physical activity and low back pain was investigated through the follow-up period by using linear mixed models analysis.
resultsLow back pain was significantly influenced by time and overall there was a decreasing trend of low back pain prevalence throughout the follow-up. Analysis showed a weak trend of decreasing low back pain with moderate/high physical activity levels, but this association was not significant.
conclusionsLow back pain decreased during follow-up with baseline as reference. Findings in our study did show non-significant trends of reduced low back pain with increased leisure time physical activity. Still, we could not support the theory of moderate/high levels of physical activity acting protective against low back pain in young adults entering working life. Our results, in combination with previous relevant research, cannot support a clear relationship between physical activity and low back pain for young adults. Thus, recommendations regarding effect of physical activity on reducing low back pain for this group are not clear.
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