Relations of Sit-Up and Sit-and-Reach Tests to Low Back Pain in Adults

Jackson, Allen W.; Morrow, James R.; Brill, Patricia A.; Kohl, Harold W.; Gordon, Neil F.; Blair, Steven N.

doi:10.2519/jospt.1998.27.1.22

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“…Most of them (63.3%) had no history of trauma. Maximum of them (46.9%) experienced, pain was aggravated by working which is similar to other study findings 6,7 .…”

Section: Precipitates Work Position For Painsupporting

confidence: 81%

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Prevalence of Low Back Pain Among Women Living in Slum Areas of Dhaka City

Barua

Sultana²

2015

Chatt Maa Shi Hosp Med Coll J

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Objective: The aim of the study was to explore socio-demographic factors, risk factors for low back pain, relationship between developing low back pain with posture during work, any sort of treatment was taken or not etc. Methods: A cross sectional study was conducted to see the prevalence of low back pain among the women living in slum areas of Dhaka city.The study was done with a structured questionnaire to collect information from randomly selected 60 slum women from three selected slums in Dhaka city. Results: This study revealed that about 82% slum women had low back pain. Among them 76.7% were married and majority of them were house wives (46.2%). The vulnerable age group for developing low back pain was 26 to 29 years. Most of the patients were illiterate (41%), 36% women had history of trauma, 58% women had history of lifting heavy weight. This study also showed that 46.9% of them pain was increased during work, persisted >3 hours in 59.2% women, 46.9% women had moderate pain. Pain was radiated mostly as tingling sensation in 39% women. Pain was relieved spontaneously among 41% women. Analgesics were taken by 73% women. Conclusion: Low back pain among slum women hampered the quality of their social and working lives.

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“…Most of them (63.3%) had no history of trauma. Maximum of them (46.9%) experienced, pain was aggravated by working which is similar to other study findings 6,7 .…”

Section: Precipitates Work Position For Painsupporting

confidence: 81%

“…This condition may decrease the quality of life of individual and also become worse in daily activities. Usually low back pain is occurred between ages 25 and 50 7 .…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Prevalence of Low Back Pain Among Women Living in Slum Areas of Dhaka City

Barua

Sultana²

2015

Chatt Maa Shi Hosp Med Coll J

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“…Although, by reading their data, indeed, it can be identified that most studies are relatively short (few weeks long) and that flexibility was most often assessed by multicomposite tests, such as sit-andreach, which, in our opinion, may compromise the interpretation of the information. While it is widely recognized that to have some degree of range of motion in the major body joints is needed for performing most of the daily living activities, such as sitting and rising from the floor (Brito et al 2013), an ability that have been recently shown to be predictive of all-cause mortality in middle age and older adults (Brito et al 2012), it is still unknown what the ideal overall flexibility level for health is (Jackson et al 1998) or if there is a cutoff value for FLX regarding personal autonomy. There are some evidence that low levels of flexibility could be related to risk of falls in older adults, leading the authors to recommend that flexibility training be a priority for those subjects (Menz et al 2006;Dai et al 2012).…”

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“…While the sit-and-reach test, proposed about 60 years ago (ACSM 2009;Wells and Dillon 1952), is still the most widely used, most of the simple composite (multijoints or multimovements) flexibility tests have been historically criticized and seem to portend limited utility in clinical and athletic settings (Bozic et al 2010;Harris 1967;Holland 1968;Jackson et al 1998). However, it is possible that many of these previous limitations or constraints of older flexibility assessment protocols were overcome by the Flexitest (Araújo 1986(Araújo , 2003, which comprises passive measurements of maximal range of motion in 20 body movements and generates an overall flexibility score called Flexindex (FLX).…”

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Age-related mobility loss is joint-specific: an analysis from 6,000 Flexitest results

Medeiros

Araújo

2013

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Although aging is commonly linked to a reduction in joint range of motion, it is unclear if all body joints behave similarly. To address this issue, the main purpose of this study was to compare age-related loss of mobility of seven body joints. A total of 6,000 participants (3,835 men and 2,165 women) aged 5 to 92 years took part in this study. The maximal passive range of motion of 20 movements was evaluated by Flexitest, and each movement was scored from 0 to 4. Composite scores were obtained for each of seven joints and for overall flexibility (Flexindex (FLX)) by adding individual movement scores. Confirming previous findings, FLX systematically decreased with aging (p<.001), with female participants being more flexible for all ages (p<0.001) and having a more gradual, 0.6 % vs. 0.8 %/year, age reduction (p<.001). Starting at 30 and 40 years, respectively, for male and female participants, the relative contribution of each composite joint score to FLX dramatically changed. Shoulder contribution to FLX male's score went from 13.9 % at 28 years of age to only 5.2 % at 85 years of age. In general, proportionally, shoulder and trunk became less flexible, while elbow and knee mobility was preserved to a greater extent. Our findings indicated that age-related loss of mobility is rather joint-specific, which could be related to distinct routine usage patterns of the major body joints along life.

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“…It has also been suggested that both high levels of abdominal endurance and increased low back and hamstring flexibility may provide protection against developing LBP [11].…”

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confidence: 99%

Factors associated with low back pain in workers: the influence of anthropometric measures, abdominal endurance and hip flexibility

Portela¹,

Vulczak²,

Queiróga³

2015

Biomedical Human Kinetics

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SummaryStudy aim: to compare the physical fitness of bus drivers and fare collectors (working hours per day in sitting position = 7h) with and without low back pain. The subjects consisted of sixty-six bus drivers and fare collectors working in a public transport company. Material and methods: the prevalence of low back pain, age and working time was determined for bus drivers and fare collectors using a questionnaire. All subjects underwent anthropometric assessment (weight, height and waist circumference), an abdominal endurance test and a hip flexibility test.Results: there was a significant difference between the low back pain group (n = 27) and the group without pain (n = 39) in body mass index (27.5 ± 3.9 kg · m -2 vs. 25.6 ± 4.0 kg · m -2 ), waist circumference (92.5 ± 10 cm vs. 85.9 ± 9 cm), the abdominal endurance test (28.9 ± 17.5 repetitions vs. 38.4 ± 19.2 repetitions) and the hip flexibility test (69.1 ± 14.4 degrees vs. 78.3 ± 16.9 degrees). There was no significant difference in age and working time. Conclusion: anthropometric measures, abdominal endurance and hip flexibility are deficient in bus drivers and fare collectors with low back pain. We suggest that workers with prevalent low back pain increase their physical fitness.

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Relations of Sit-Up and Sit-and-Reach Tests to Low Back Pain in Adults

Cited by 46 publications

References 8 publications

Prevalence of Low Back Pain Among Women Living in Slum Areas of Dhaka City

Prevalence of Low Back Pain Among Women Living in Slum Areas of Dhaka City

Age-related mobility loss is joint-specific: an analysis from 6,000 Flexitest results

Factors associated with low back pain in workers: the influence of anthropometric measures, abdominal endurance and hip flexibility

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