Individual Factors, Occupational Loading, and Physical Exercise as Predictors of Sciatic Pain

Miranda, Helena; Viikari‐Juntura, Eira; Martikainen, Rami; Takala, Esa-Pekka; Riihimäki, Hilkka

doi:10.1097/00007632-200205150-00017

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“…Practicing physical activity, as demonstrated by Bordini et al (1999), and working only in operating theatre reduced the risk of renunciation to pleasant activities, while older age is associated to increase of the risk, as reported by Miranda et al (2002). The frequency of LBP more than once per week and the multiple-localization of LBP were appreciably associated to intensity of LBP.…”

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“…These factors include: age (Miranda et al 2002), female gender (Brini et al 2005), height (with a greater risk factor in tall individuals) (Mandal 1984), the dimensions of the spinal canal (with a greater risk factor for individuals with a narrow canal) and the individual's genetic characteristics (Spitzer et al 1987). …”

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“…Another category of risk factors regards lifestyle: smoking (studies have indicated its enormous dimension) (Leboeuf-Yde 2000), sedentary lifestyle (Bordini et al 1999) (physical exercise is considered to be a protecting factor, but it has to be carried out at least twice a week on a regular basis), obesity (Troussier et al 1994) (it might represent a risk although there is not sufficient evidence to determine whether there is a relation between body weight and backache) (Leboeuf-Yde 2000) and stress (Miranda et al 2002;Boos et al 2002;Linton 2000).…”

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“…Despite the spread of the problem, researchers do not propose any kind of classification for low back pain (Walker 2000;Miranda et al 2002). To date, the term "lumbar rachis disorders" simply indicates the presence of pain in the lumbar region.…”

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Musculoskeletal injuries among operating room nurses: results from a multicenter survey in Rome, Italy

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Aim: Chronic disorders of the musculoskeletal system, particularly low back pain (LBP), are increasing and represent a social and economic problem of growing importance, especially if correlated with working conditions. Health care workers are at higher risk of developing LBP during work shifts in the hospital. The aim of this study was to assess the prevalence of LBP among operating room nurses and to investigate the risk factors for musculoskeletal injuries in the operating room. Methods: We carried out a cross-sectional study that included operating room nurses from nine hospitals. Information on sociodemographic characteristics, lifestyle habits, working activity and psychological attitude of nurses was collected using an anonymous self-administered structured questionnaire. We evaluated the association of frequency, localization and intensity of LBP (FLI) with qualitative variables, making use of univariate analysis, chi-square test and Fisher's exact test. Multiple logistic regression analysis was performed to identify the variables that affected the FLI. The covariates included in the model were the variables that had a p < 0.25 in the univariate analysis. The significance level was fixed at p < 0.05. Results: We studied a total of 185 (60.5% male) operating room nurses with a mean age of 36.08 (SD = 7.08). The chi-square test showed that FLI is associated with age (p = 0.042), physical activity (p = 0.036) and work shift (p = 0.01). The logistic regression indicated that age >35 years vs. age <35 (OR = 2.68; 95% CI = 1.17–6.18) and diurnal work shift vs. diurnal/ nocturnal (OR = 4.00; 95% CI = 1.72–9.0) represent risk factors associated with FLI, while physical activity is a protective factor (OR = 0.47; 95% CI = 0.20–1.08). Conclusion: The data suggest that it is important to promote new programs of prevention based on professional training and physical activity among nurses and to improve the organization of work shifts in the hospital

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“…These include age related changes, body weight, smoking and occupational loading (Miranda et al, 2002;Younes et al, 2006;Samartzis et al, 2011). Moreover, psychosocial aspects as well as genetic variability may affect the risk of long-term low back pain and sciatica (Jacobsen et al, 2012).…”

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Pain Intensity the First Year after Lumbar Disc Herniation Is Associated with the A118G Polymorphism in the Opioid Receptor Mu 1 Gene: Evidence of a Sex and Genotype Interaction

Olsen¹,

Jacobsen²,

Schistad³

et al. 2012

Journal of Neuroscience

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Earlier studies have shown that the single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) A118G (rs1799971) in the opioid receptor mu 1 (OPRM1) gene may affect pain sensitivity. In the present study we investigated whether the A118G SNP could predict clinical outcome regarding progression of pain intensity and disability in patients with low back pain and sciatica after lumbar disc herniation. Patients (n ϭ 258) with lumbar disc herniation and sciatic pain, all European-Caucasian, were recruited from two hospitals in Norway. Pain and disability were rated on a visual analog scale (VAS), by McGill Sensory Questionnaire and by Oswestry Disability Index (ODI) over a 12 months period. The data revealed a significant interaction between sex and A118G genotype regarding the pain intensity during the 12 months (VAS, p ϭ 0.002; McGill, p ϭ 0.021; ODI, p ϭ 0.205, repeated-measures ANOVA). We found that */G women had a slower recovery rate than the */G men. Actually, the */G women had 2.3 times as much pain as the */G men 12 months after the disc herniation (VAS, p ϭ 0.043, one-way ANOVA; p ϭ 0.035, Tukey HSD). In contrast, the A/A women and A/A men seemed to have almost exactly the same recovery rate. The present data suggest that OPRM1 G allele increases the pain intensity in women, but has a protective effect in men the first year after disc herniation.

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Combination drug therapy for low back pain

Mathieson

Kasch

Maher

et al. 2015

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

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Individual Factors, Occupational Loading, and Physical Exercise as Predictors of Sciatic Pain

Cited by 150 publications

References 34 publications

Musculoskeletal injuries among operating room nurses: results from a multicenter survey in Rome, Italy

Musculoskeletal injuries among operating room nurses: results from a multicenter survey in Rome, Italy

Pain Intensity the First Year after Lumbar Disc Herniation Is Associated with the A118G Polymorphism in the Opioid Receptor Mu 1 Gene: Evidence of a Sex and Genotype Interaction

Combination drug therapy for low back pain

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