Risk Factors for the Onset of Nonspecific Low Back Pain in Office Workers: A Systematic Review of Prospective Cohort Studies

Janwantanakul, Prawit; Sitthipornvorakul, Ekalak; Paksaichol, Arpalak

doi:10.1016/j.jmpt.2012.07.008

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“…Office work also unavoidably causes psychological stress. Evidence suggests that risk factors for the onset of neck and low back pain in office workers are different from those identified in a general population 22,23) . It is unknown whether predictors for chronic neck and low back pain are occupation specific.…”

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Predictors for chronic neck and low back pain in office workers: a 1‐year prospective cohort study

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Paksaichol

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Journal of Occupational Health

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Predictors for chronic neck and low back pain in office workers: a 1‐year prospective cohort study: Rattaporn Sihawong, et al. Faculty of Allied Health Sciences, Chulalongkorn University, Thailand Objective All occupations expose workers to varied and unique conditions. The nature of work has been recognized as influencing the health of workers. Whether predictors for chronic neck and low back pain would be occupation‐specific is unknown. This study aimed to identify predictors for chronic neck and low back pain in a cohort of office workers. Methods A prospective study was carried out among 669 healthy office workers. At baseline, risk factors were assessed using a questionnaire and standardized physical examination. A symptomatic case was defined as an individual who reported pain greater than 30 mm on a 100‐mm VAS, and chronic pain was defined as experiencing ongoing neck or low back pain for greater than 3 months over the past 6 months. Two regression models were built to analyze the risk factors for developing chronic neck and low back pain. Results Of the sample, 17 and 27% of office workers who reported a new onset of neck or low back pain developed chronicity, respectively. Predictors for chronic neck pain were high body mass index, frequent neck extension during the work day, high initial pain intensity, and high psychological job demands. The development of chronic low back pain was associated with history of low back pain and high initial pain intensity. Conclusions The findings suggest that predictors for chronic musculoskeletal pain in a subpopulation may be a subset of predictors identified in a general population or occupation specific. Successful management to prevent chronic musculoskeletal pain may also need to consider the patient's occupation.

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Predictors for chronic neck and low back pain in office workers: a 1‐year prospective cohort study

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Paksaichol

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“…Previous studies have confirmed that a combination of two or more risk factors (i.e. poor posture, repetitive lifting and high job strain) are commonly identified in the same individual [23]. Increasing our understanding of what triggers an episode of LBP will enable us to design better prevention programs.…”

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“…These factors can be aggregated into a smaller number of categories [9] including biomechanical factors (regular lifting, exposure to vibration, physically demanding jobs, bending and twisting, pushing and pulling heavy loads, awkward posture) [2,[7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20], psychological/psychosocial factors (job satisfaction, local support in the workplace, depression, job control, stress) [2,7,9,16,[19][20][21][22][23][24][25] and individual risk factors (sedentary lifestyle, age, smoking, gender, obesity, poor general health, marital status, pregnancy) [2,7,9,12,13,20,21,23,[26][27][28][29][30][31]. Past studies have investigated many of these factors and their relationship to LBP.…”

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Clinicians’ views on factors that trigger a sudden onset of low back pain

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Purpose Little is known about what triggers an episode of low back pain (LBP) in those presenting to primary care. Previous studies of risk factors have focused on specific occupational settings and work conditions. No study has asked primary care clinicians to consider what triggers an episode of sudden-onset LBP in patients presenting to them for care. The purpose of this study, therefore, was to describe the short-and long-term factors that primary care clinicians consider important in triggering a sudden episode of acute LBP. Methods One hundred and thirty-one primary care clinicians who were recruiting patients with LBP to a large observational study were invited to participate. A questionnaire was designed to obtain information about the clinician's characteristics, profession and clinical experience. We also asked clinicians to nominate the five shortand five long-term exposure factors, most likely to trigger a sudden episode of acute LBP, based on their experience. Descriptive statistics and frequency distributions were used to describe clinician's characteristics and the frequencies of the main risk factor categories were reported. Results Based on the views of 103 primary care clinicians, biomechanical risk factors appear to be the most important short-term triggers (endorsed by 89.3 % of clinicians) and long-term triggers (endorsed by 54.2 % of clinicians) for a sudden episode of acute LBP. Individual risk factors were endorsed by 39 % of clinicians as important long-term triggers, while only 6.4 % of clinicians considered them important short-term triggers. Other risk factors, such as psychological/psychosocial and genetic factors, were not commonly endorsed as risk factors for an episode of LBP by primary care clinicians. Conclusions This study shows that primary care clinicians believe that biomechanical risk factors are the most important short-term triggers, while biomechanical and individual risk factors are the most important long-term triggers for a sudden onset of LBP. However, other risk factors, such as psychological/psychosocial and genetic, were not commonly endorsed as risk factors for an episode of LBP by primary care clinicians. Results of this study are based on primary care clinicians' views and further investigation is needed to test the validity of these suggested risk factors.

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“…In many previous studies, it has been reported that smartphone use cause abnormal posture. According to the article in canadian journal of ophthalmology, prolonged smartphone use can change the angle of tilted head and then it causes abnormal cervicoscapular posture [15]. Kim and Koo(2016) investigated that muscle fatigue has increased if you used smartphone 20 minutes more [21].…”

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Evaluation of real time posterior visual feedback for postural correction during smartphone use

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Risk Factors for the Onset of Nonspecific Low Back Pain in Office Workers: A Systematic Review of Prospective Cohort Studies

Cited by 103 publications

References 40 publications

Predictors for chronic neck and low back pain in office workers: a 1‐year prospective cohort study

Predictors for chronic neck and low back pain in office workers: a 1‐year prospective cohort study

Clinicians’ views on factors that trigger a sudden onset of low back pain

Evaluation of real time posterior visual feedback for postural correction during smartphone use

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