Low Back Pain of Faculty of Sport and Physical Education Students in Relation to Different Activities

Abstract

Background: Physical inactivity and intensive sports activity have been found to be associated with LBP. The aim of this study is the presents the data about the prevalence of LBP in young adults and its associations with vitality, physical activity and emotions. We also studied the impact of low back pain on daily activity. The study sample presented (n=323) students from the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia and Bosnia and Herzegovina in the chronological age of 21.06 ± 1.93 years. The current study assessed the level of LBP amongst students of Faculty of Sport with the level of physical activity in last six months.

New therapeutic approaches in the treatment of low back pain

“…It is different from occasional back pain caused by activities the vertebral spine or by those in which the individual maintains a faulty posture for a long time, the causes of which are often unknown. It is assumed that the lack of physical activity is associated with high risk of relapse concerning low back pain, but other contradictory data refer to an association between pain and intense effort such as in fitness [6]. This is why it is necessary to observe the methodological principles of physical exercise: from easy to hard and from simple to complex.…”