ArticleBMC musculoskeletal disorders2016
Prevalence and its risk factors for low back pain among operation and maintenance personnel in wind farms.
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7 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Can We Trust the Literature on Risk Factors and Triggers for Low Back Pain? A Systematic Review of a Sample of Contemporary Literature.Pain research & management · 2019Pooled it
- Failure to define low back pain as a disease or an episode renders research on causality unsuitable: results of a systematic review.Chiropractic & manual therapies · 2018Pooled it
- Risk factors of chronic low back pain among Syrian patients: across- sectional study.BMC neurology · 2025Article
- Emerging occupational risks in green jobs: a review.International journal of occupational medicine and environmental health · 2024Review
- The prevalence and risk factors of chronic low back pain among adults in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa: an observational cross-sectional hospital-based study.BMC musculoskeletal disorders · 2021Observational
- Prevalence of neck/shoulder pain among public hospital workers in China and its associated factors: a cross-sectional study.Scientific reports · 2020Article
- Changes in Lumbopelvic Movement and Muscle Recruitment Associated with Prolonged Deep Squatting: A Pilot Study.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2018Article
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Abstract
backgroundWith the increasingly severe energy shortage and climate change problems, developing wind power has become a key energy development strategy and an inevitable choice to protect the ecological environment worldwide. The purpose of this study was to investigate the prevalence of low back pain (LBP) and analyze its risk factors among operation and maintenance personnel in wind farms (OMPWF).
methodsA cross-sectional survey of 151 OMPWF was performed, and a comprehensive questionnaire, which was modified and combined from Nordic Musculoskeletal Questionnaires (NMQ), Washington State Ergonomics Tool (WSET) and Syndrome Checklist-90(SCL-90) was used to assess the prevalence and risk factors of LBP among OMPWF.
resultsThe prevalence of LBP was 88.74 % (134/151) among OMPWF. The multivariable model highlighted four related factors: backrest, somatization, squatting and lifting objects weighing more than 10 lb more than twice per minute.
conclusionsThe prevalence of LBP among OMPWF appears to be high and highlights a major occupational health concern.
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