Workplace Risk Factors and Occupational Musculoskeletal Disorders, Part 1: A Review of Biomechanical and Psychophysical Research on Risk Factors Associated with Low-Back Pain

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Health-related fitness assessment in childhood and adolescence: a European approach based on the AVENA, EYHS and HELENA studies

“…Low back pain is a common and costly complaint in society. Its multifactorial aetiology is not well understood, but it is assumed to involve biomechanical loading of the spine and psychosocial influences (Keyserling 2000). Also, overweight (Leboeuf-Yde 2000), smoking (Goldberg et al 2000) and lack of physical exercise (Hildebrandt et al 2000) may contribute to low back pain.…”

RETRACTED: Development of an Experimental Animal Model for Lower Back Pain by Percutaneous Injury‐Induced Lumbar Facet Joint Osteoarthritis

“…Epidemiological studies in the US have revealed an estimated 5-20% annual occurrence of chronic back pain, which interferes with the activities of daily living of patients and eventually deteriorates their quality of life (Zhang et al, 2009). Back pain is the most prevalent and costly work-related injury and musculoskeletal disorder in western society (Kirkaldy-Willis and Farfan, 1982;Keyserling, 2000;Formagnana, 2015). Various injections, including narcotics, for back pain are employed, usually providing only temporary relief and occasionally causing undesirable side effects that aggravate the level of disability (Dagenais et al, 2006;Schroeder et al, 2013).…”

The ability of limited exposure sampling to detect effects of interventions that reduce the occurrence of pronounced trunk inclination

“…Reviews of the scientific literature have established a general association between low back pain and awkward trunk postures (e.g. Bernard, 1997;Burdorf and Sorock, 1997;Keyserling, 2000), and a reduction in trunk inclination has been used to demonstrate the effectiveness of ergonomics interventions aimed at reducing risk of low back disorders (e.g. Alders and Hudock, 2007).…”