Effects of an Exercise Program on Sick Leave Due to Back Pain

Kellett, Karin M; Kellett, David; Nordholm, Lena A.

doi:10.1093/ptj/71.4.283

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“…14 Lahad et al 15 identified several randomized, controlled trials of education and exercise programs in the workplace. [16][17][18][19][20][21] Programs including exercise reduced back pain and the number of sick days, but no program reduced injury rates. The generalizability of these studies was limited by the small samples and a focus on volunteers or subjects with a history of back problems.…”

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A Controlled Trial of an Educational Program to Prevent Low Back Injuries

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A Controlled Trial of an Educational Program to Prevent Low Back Injuries

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“…The results show that regular back exercise reduces back pain and improves the ability to function for subjects with chronic LBR Back exercise may reduce the back pain episode and thus the period of sickness absence for patients with acute LBP and partially decrease the risk of developing chronic LBP in the future [12,14,[17][18][19][20]. The favourable effect of back exercise may be due to a combination of physical and psychological factors [1,21].…”

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Low back pain and physical exercise in leisure time in 38-year-old men and women: A 25-year prospective cohort study of 640 school children

Harreby

Hesselsøe²,

Kjer

et al. 1997

Eur Spine J

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A cohort of 38-year-old men and women were studied for leisure time physical exercise in relation to low back pain (LBP), education, work, social class and smoking by a self-administered questionnaire. At the age of 14 years, the subjects had been interviewed by their school doctor regarding history of LBP and radiographs of the thoracic and lumbar spine were taken. The results show no positive correlation between radiographic changes and LBP in the adolescent period and decreased physical activity in adulthood. Physical activity for at least 3 h/week reduces the risk of LBP measured as lifetime, 1-year and point prevalence. Eighty-five percent of the subjects who reported taking physical exercise for at least 3 h/week had participated in sports activity almost constantly since their school days and these reported being in better condition than the rest of the cohort. Otherwise they did not have a healthier mode of life. No physical exercise during leisure time was associated with a short school education, unskilled work, unemployment and sickness, low social class, divorce, living in an apartment and smoking. Sixty percent had never or not for many years been interested in participating in sports. Badminton and tennis were the most common sports practised (36%), followed by gymnastics (32%), ball games -soccer and team handball -(25%), running (20%) and swimming (18%). Gymnastics and swimming seem to reduce LBP significantly. Our results show a falling interest in participating in sports activities over time, with 68% of the subjects being members of an athletic association previously, but only 29% currently. Women were more physically inactive during leisure time, probably because of their dual role. Logistic regression analysis indicates that physical activity is related to a long school education, high social class and regular sports activity over time.

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“…A review of exercises for the prevention of LBP recurrence (12) identified only four studies evaluating so-called post-treatment interventions, delivered after the resolution of an LBP episode in order to prevent new episodes. Based on two studies, there was very low quality evidence that post-treatment exercises could reduce the number of days on sick leave at mid-term follow-up (13,14). This positive effect was lacking at long-term follow-up (13), and new trials were deemed necessary to figure out which strategies could prevent LBP recurrence and related work disability in the long term (12).…”

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Long-term effectiveness of an educational and physical intervention for preventing low-back pain recurrence: a randomized controlled trial

Chaléat-Valayer¹,

Denis²,

Abelin-Genevois³

et al. 2016

Scand J Work Environ Health

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This paper notes that a careful case definition of workers with previous history of low-back pain (LBP) is needed to better characterize sub-groups based on their recurrences profile. Workers with highly recurrent LBP may require a stepped secondary prevention in order to prevent recurrences and sick leave. The value of a workplace component reducing physical and psychosocial risks in secondary prevention of LBP must be explored.

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Effects of an Exercise Program on Sick Leave Due to Back Pain

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Cited by 149 publications

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A Controlled Trial of an Educational Program to Prevent Low Back Injuries

A Controlled Trial of an Educational Program to Prevent Low Back Injuries

Low back pain and physical exercise in leisure time in 38-year-old men and women: A 25-year prospective cohort study of 640 school children

Long-term effectiveness of an educational and physical intervention for preventing low-back pain recurrence: a randomized controlled trial

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