Risk Factors for Nonspecific Low-Back Pain in Chinese Adolescents: A Case-Control Study

Wei-guang, Yao; Luo, Chenling; Ai, Fuzhi; Chen, Qing

doi:10.1111/j.1526-4637.2012.01369.x

Cited by 36 publications

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“…Some studies haven´t found a positive association between LBP and smoking [24,36,37,40]. However, the Feldman et al [10] study found an association between smoking and back pain (OR=2.20; 95% CI: 1.38-3.50), an association also observed in other studies [27, 45,52,53].…”

Section: Modifiable Risk Factorsmentioning

confidence: 35%

“…The investigation by Yao et al [36] included 1,214 Chinese adolescents, and the results revealed that family history was related to the presence of LBP (OR=2.57, 95% CI: 1.85-3.58), however the Kovacs et al [37] study, performed in adolescents living in the island of Majorca (Spain), didn´t verify this relationship.…”

Section: Non-modifiable Risk Factorsmentioning

confidence: 86%

“…Other studies didn´t find a positive association between the presence of LBP and BMI [16,24,36,37,40,48,60]. Kovacs et al [37] evaluated 7,048 adolescents between the ages of 13 and 15 on the island of Mallorca, Spain, and found no association between LBP and BMI.…”

Section: Modifiable Risk Factorsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The practice of physical activity in a continuous and properly performed way, can prevent LBP, promoting the improvement of flexibility and muscular strength [22,24,27,34,48], however the results of the literature on the relationship between LBP and spine mobility and flexibility, as well as muscular strength are still contradictory [31,36]. The Sjolie study [63] found that LBP reported during the previous year was associated with physical activity performed less than three times a week.…”

Section: Modifiable Risk Factorsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Some studies haven´t found associations between the amount of sedentary activity, that is, watching television and using computers, and LBP [21,27,28,36,40,62], that is, there isn´t evidence of a causal relationship between a sedentary lifestyle and LBP, neither in the young nor in the adults [30].…”

Section: Modifiable Risk Factorsmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Low back pain in childhood and adolescence phase: consequences, prevalence and risk factors - a revision

Minghelli¹

2017

J Spine

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Low back pain (LBP) has become a growing and serious public health problem in children and adolescents, presenting a relatively high prevalence during school age, representing a significant negative impact, being commonly associated with the demand for health care, medication use, increasing absenteeism and with a decrease in quality of life. Because of that, the presence of LBP can lead to very high economic consequences, both due to direct financial costs and due to absenteeism. Most cases of LBP are due to non-specific causes; however, the role of these risk factors is still controversial. Several factors may be involved in the pathogenesis of LBP, such as physical, genetic, mechanical, behavioural, and environmental factors. The school environment, including the postures adopted by students and the transportation of backpacks, and some lifestyle habits are factors that can also contribute to the development of these musculoskeletal disorder. Against this scenario, it´s necessary to promote intervention actions with the objective of promoting and preventing health, considering that most health problems and risk behaviors, which are associated with the environment and lifestyles modifiable risks, can be minimized, or prevented by increasing health literacy; this intervention actions mus involved not only students but the entire school community.

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