In a workplace setting, does providing proper lifting techniques, as compared with no instruction, prevent back pain injuries?

Abstract Background and Purpose. Lifting technique could, through its effect on low back loading, affect the risk of developing low back pain. In this study, 2 lifting techniques (a straddle technique and a 1-leg kneeling technique), which aimed to reduce low back loading by placing one leg beside a load, were compared with stoop lifting and squat lifting with respect to their effect on low back loading. Subjects. Twelve men with no history of low back pain participated in the study. Methods. The subjects lifted wide and narrow 20-kg boxes from 2 initial hand heights. With measured kinematics, ground reaction forces, and electromyography, 3-dimensional spinal forces were calculated. Results. When the subjects lifted a narrow box from a 290-mm height, peak L5–S1 compression forces were 5,060 (SD=827), 3,980 (SD=701), 4,208 (SD=762), and 4,719 (SD=1,015) N for the stoop, squat, straddle, and kneeling techniques, respectively. When the subjects lifted a wide box from 50 mm, spinal compression forces were much higher and distributed differently over lifting techniques: 5,926 (SD=610), 6,868 (SD=924), 6,472 (SD=1,042), and 6,064 (SD=968) N, respectively. Discussion and Conclusion. The authors conclude that no single lifting technique can be advised for all lifting conditions.

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Faktor Risiko Low Back Pain pada Pekerja Pemetik Teh di Perkebunan Teh Ciater Kabupaten Subang

JURNAL PROMOSI KESEHATAN INDONESIA ◽

10.14710/jpki.13.1.91-100 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 13 (1) ◽

pp. 91

Author(s):

Ambar Dani Syuhada ◽

Ari Suwondo ◽

Yuliani Setyaningsih

Keyword(s):

Logistic Regression ◽

Low Back Pain ◽

Back Pain ◽

Total Sample ◽

Dominant Factor ◽

Low Back ◽

Chi Square ◽

Heavy Loads ◽

Lifting Techniques ◽

Relationship Of

ABSTRAKLow back pain, nyeri yang dirasakan di area anatomi yang terkena dengan berbagai variasi lama terjadinya nyeri. Nyeri ini terasa daerah lumbal atau lumbo-sakral. Pemetik teh berisiko terjadinya low back pain disebabkan kegiatan mereka seperti posisi membungkuk, mengangkat dan membawa beban berat. Tujuan penelitian mengetahui faktor risiko terhadap kejadian low back pain. Jumlah sampel 132 responden: 66 kasus dan 66 kontrol dipilih secara acak dari pekerja pemetik teh. Analisis data menggunakan Chi Square dan Regresi logistik untuk mengatahui faktor yang paling dominan. Ad hubungan masa kerja, postur punggung, berat beban dengan kejadian low back pain (p<0.05). Tidak ada hubungan umur, jenis kelamin, merokok, indeks masa tubuh dan aktivitas fisik dengan low back pain (p>0.05). Analisis multivariat menggunaakan regresi logistik menunjukan masa kerja paling dominan berpengaruh terhadap low back pain. Studi ini menemukan bahwa low back pain adalah masalah kesehatan yang relevan di kalangan pekerja pemetik teh. Kebijakan mengatur waktu istirahat dan teknik mengangkat beban diperlukan untuk mencegah low back pain.Kata Kunci: Low back pain, faktor risiko, pemetik tehABSTRACTRisk factors of low back pain in workers picking tea in Ciater plantation Subang district: Low back pain, pain that is felt in the affected anatomical area with a variety of long occurrence of pain. This pain feels lumbar or lumbo-sacral. Tea pickers are at risk of low back pain due to their activities such as the position of bending, lifting and carrying heavy loads. This research aim to factors that risk against the incident of low back pain. Total sample of 132 respondents: 66 cases and 66 controls were selected randomly from the tea pickers workers. Data analysis using Chi Square and logistic regression to know the most dominant factor. There was relationship of employment, back posture, heavy weights with low back pain (P <0.05). There was not relationship age, sex, smoking, body mass index and physical activity with low back pain (p>0.05). Multivariate analysis using logistic regression showed the most dominant working period affecting low back pain. The study found that low back pain was a relevant health problem among tea picker workers. The policy of arranging breaks and lifting techniques is required to prevent low back pain.Keywords: Low back pain, risk factors, the tea pickers

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Analisis Faktor Risiko Low Back Pain Pada Pekerja Industri Tahu di Kecamatan Kejayan Pasuruan

Indonesian Journal of Health Community ◽

10.31331/ijheco.v2i2.1817 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 2 (2) ◽

pp. 74

Author(s):

Merditha Tri Cahyani ◽

Hanifa M Denny ◽

Suroto Suroto

Keyword(s):

Logistic Regression ◽

Low Back Pain ◽

Back Pain ◽

Total Sample ◽

Dominant Factor ◽

Low Back ◽

Chi Square ◽

Heavy Loads ◽

Lifting Techniques ◽

Relationship Of

Low back pain, pain that is felt in the affected anatomical area with a variety of long occurrence of pain. This pain feels lumbar or lumbo-sacral. Workers of tofu home industry are at risk of low back pain due to their activities such as the position of bending, lifting and carrying heavy loads. This research aim to factors that risk against the incident of low back pain. Total sample of 132 respondents: 66 cases and 66 controls were selected randomly from workers of tofu home industry. Data analysis using Chi Square and logistic regression to know the most dominant factor. There was relationship of employment, back posture, heavy weights with low back pain (P <0.05). There was not relationship age, sex, smoking, body mass index and physical activity with low back pain (p>0.05). Multivariate analysis using logistic regression showed the most dominant working period affecting low back pain. The study found that low back pain was a relevant health problem among workers of tofu home industry. The policy of arranging breaks and lifting techniques is required to prevent low back pain.

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Nonspecific Chronic Back Pain: Sixth Edition Approaches

Guides Newsletter ◽

10.1001/amaguidesnewsletters.2019.sepoct03 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 24 (5) ◽

pp. 14-15

Author(s):

Jay Blaisdell ◽

James B. Talmage

Keyword(s):

Back Pain ◽

Chronic Back Pain ◽

Intervertebral Disk ◽

Key Factors ◽

Sixth Edition ◽

Whole Person ◽

Class 1 ◽

A Cell ◽

Intervertebral Disk Herniation ◽

The Individual

Abstract Ratings for “non-specific chronic, or chronic reoccurring, back pain” are based on the diagnosis-based impairment method whereby an impairment class, usually representing a range of impairment values within a cell of a grid, is selected by diagnosis and “specific criteria” (key factors). Within the impairment class, the default impairment value then can be modified using non-key factors or “grade modifiers” such as functional history, physical examination, and clinical studies using the net adjustment formula. The diagnosis of “nonspecific chronic, or chronic reoccurring, back pain” can be rated in class 0 and 1; the former has a default value of 0%, and the latter has a default value of 2% before any modifications. The key concept here is that the physician believes that the patient is experiencing pain, yet there are no related objective findings, most notably radiculopathy as distinguished from “nonverifiable radicular complaints.” If the individual is found not to have radiculopathy and the medical record shows that the patient has never had clinically verifiable radiculopathy, then the diagnosis of “intervertebral disk herniation and/or AOMSI [alteration of motion segment integrity] cannot be used.” If the patient is asymptomatic at maximum medical improvement, then impairment Class 0 should be chosen, not Class 1; a final whole person impairment rating of 1% indicates incorrect use of the methodology.

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