Lower back pain in golfers: a review of the literature

Abstract

Objective: To review the epidemiological literature on low back pain in golfers and to review the golf swing and relate the literature on the mechanics of the swing to the lower back.Methods: A computer search was conducted of Index Medicus (1966Medicus ( to 2004, MANTIS (1880 to present) and CINAHL (1982CINAHL ( to 2004 (J Chiropr Med 2005;4:135-143)

Electromyography variables during the golf swing: A literature review

“…Two were reviews dealing with EMG patterns of the upper limb (Escamilla and Andrews, 2009) and shoulder . The other three literature reviews dealt with golf injuries but also mentioned EMG studies during the different swing phases (Kim et al, 2004;McHardy and Pollard, 2005b;Cabri et al, 2009).…”

Low Back Pain and Injury in Athletes

“…Much of the current sporting literature on low back pain and injury has tended to focus on sports with specific low back demands such as rowing Teitz et al, 2003;Bahr et al, 2004), skiing (Mahlamaki et al, 1988;Eriksson et al, 1996;Ogon et al, 2001;Bahr et al, 2004), gymnastics (Sward et al, 1990;Hutchinson, 1999;Cupisti et al, 2004), diving (Baranto et al, 2006), wrestling (Lundin et al, 2001;Iwai et al, 2004), golf (McHardy & Pollard, 2005), cricket fast bowling (Elliott & Khangure, 2002;Ranson et al, 2010), tennis (Lundin et al, 2001) and American football (Iwamoto et al, 2004). Elite sporting activity is these sports is known to produce significant compressive forces directed at the lumbar spine (Hosea et al, 1989).…”

Golf-related lower back injuries: an epidemiological survey

“…[1][2][3][4][5][6][7] The incidence of golf-related lower back injury ranges from 15% to 34% in the amateur golfer 3,[5][6][7] and 22% to 24% in the professional. 3,4,7 Collectively, the incidence of lower back pain in the male golfer is 25% to 36% and 22% to 27% in the female golfer.…”

“…3,4,7 Collectively, the incidence of lower back pain in the male golfer is 25% to 36% and 22% to 27% in the female golfer. [1][2][3][4][5][6][7] However, despite the high participation rate and the large financial support of the golf industry, there remains limited current data on golf-related injury epidemiology 3 that could specifically direct practitioners in the management of these problems.…”