Meteorological Conditions and Self-Report of Low Back Pain

McGorry, Raymond W.; Hsiang, Simon M.; Snook, Stover H.; Clancy, Edward A.; Young, Stephen L.

doi:10.1097/00007632-199810010-00011

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“…From an epidemiological viewpoint, an association has been established between cold exposure and musculoskeletal symptoms and complaints, especially for the neck and upper arms (14)(15)(16)(17). A high prevalence of muscle problems in the neck and low back was detected in the study: 21% in each area.…”

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Health problems related to working in extreme cold conditions indoors

Piedrahita

Oksa

Malm

et al. 2008

International Journal of Circumpolar Health

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Objectives. To identify health problems among workers performing cleaning, maintenance and machine operation tasks inside cold storage rooms with temperatures between -43 ºC and -62 ºC in a freeze drying coffee company. Study design. Descriptive study. Methods. All 24 workers working inside the cold stores participated in the study. A questionnaire about cold-related health problems and the standardized Nordic questionnaire assessing muscle complaints were completed by all exposed workers. A physical examination was performed on each worker. Results. The most relevant cold-related health problem was episodic finger symptoms (50%), followed by respiratory symptoms (21%), peripheral circulation symptoms (20%), and repeated pain in the musculoskeletal system (12%). Two subjects had a previous diagnosis of Raynaud's phenomenon (RP). The prevalence of musculoskeletal complains in the neck and low back was 21% in each. Conclusions. The prevalence found for various complaints among the freeze drying coffee workers implies that the cold conditions inside cold stores may present a real risk of cold-related health problems and, due to lowered concentration level, for injuries, too. Greater efforts should be made to minimize the cold exposure by designing automation processes to prevent continuous exposure to cold during freeze drying process. In addition, improving the cold-protective clothing and guaranteeing its appropriate use will reduce health risks. (Int J Circumpolar Health 2008;67(2-3):279-287)

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Health problems related to working in extreme cold conditions indoors

Piedrahita

Oksa

Malm

et al. 2008

International Journal of Circumpolar Health

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“…14 15 McGorry et al found a relationship between low back pain and temperature. 16 Positive correlations have been found between relative humidity and pain in osteoarthritis (OA) and RA, humidity and stiffness in RA and cloudiness, humidity and pain in RA. 9 10 15 17 Gorin et al found positive associations between pain in RA and cold, overcast days and also following days with high barometric pressure.…”

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Weather and the pain in fibromyalgia: are they related?

Fors

2002

Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases

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Objectives: To examine the association between fibromyalgic pain and weather to determine the nature of their interrelationship. Methods: The daily pain ratings of 55 female patients previously diagnosed with fibromyalgia were recorded on visual analogue scales (VAS) over 28 days. These ratings were then related to the official weather parameters and a composite weather variable using time series methodology. Effect sizes r were calculated from the t values and df. Results: A composite weather variable did not significantly predict changes in pain, either the same day (t=−1.15, df=1483, p=0.25) or on the next day (t=−1.55, df=1483, p=0.12)-that is, the weather was not a factor for changes in the subjective pain of FM. Patients' pain did not predict weather change in this sample, and neither same day (t=−0. 69, df=1483, p<0.49) nor previous day pain (t=−1.31, df=1483, p<0.19) predicted weather changes. A post hoc exploratory analysis showed that those with <10 years of fibromyalgia experienced significantly greater weather sensitivity to pain (t=− 2.73, df=389, p<0.006) than those with longer illness. Conclusion: A statistically significant relationship between fibromyalgic pain and the weather was not found in this sample, although it is possible that a group of patients with less chronic fibromyalgia might be weather sensitive.

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“…A review of the literature revealed that general symptoms of diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis, osteoarthritis and [3][4][5][6][7][8][9]. Some studies carried out more specific analyses and found that different weather conditions caused a change only in rheumatoid arthritis [10][11][12], only in fibromyalgia [8,12] or only in back pain [3,14] cases.…”

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