Relations with low back pain in leg length discrepancies medical students in Jakarta (Indonesia): study of cross-sectional

Abstract

Low back pain (LBP) has long been recognized as a major health problem. The increasing prevalence of LBP has a negative impact on quality of life, and sosioekonomi. 1 Low back pain in Indonesia often found in the age group of 40 years. The prevalence of low back pain in young people increases with age. When entering the working life can be one risk factor muskulosceletal disorder. 2 Low back pain identified as pain that occurs in the lumbosacral spine and surrounding muscle layers accompanied with or without pain feet. 3 Leg length inquality (LLI) or Leg Length Discrepancy (LLD) is a condition in which both lower limbs are not equal long. 4 A study reports that there are 70% of the normal adult population who show LLD minor, 5 and other studies show that 93% of school children have LLD. 6 LLD is more than 10mm can cause biomechanical disorders such as scoliosis, joint pain back and lower extremities, pelvic tilt, abnormal gait and degenerative joint disease that prematur. 7 Inequalities that occur limb length can cause dysfunction and pain, including low back pain. MethodThis study is an observational study (non experimental) by means of data capture cross -sectional and how conclusions descriptively and analytically. The independent variable is the leg length discrepancy and the dependent variable is low back pain. The study was conducted in January and July in the academic year 2017-2018 Faculty of Medicine, University of Atma Jaya.