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| Title |
Low back pain and physical activity – A 6.5 year follow-up among young adults in their transition from school to working life
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| Published in |
BMC Public Health, November 2015
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| DOI | 10.1186/s12889-015-2446-2 |
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| Authors |
Lars-Kristian Lunde, Markus Koch, Therese N. Hanvold, Morten Wærsted, Kaj B. Veiersted |
| Abstract |
The association between leisure time physical activity and low back pain in young adults is unclear and is in the need of prospectively obtained evidence. This study examined the course of low back pain and the association between low back pain and leisure time physical activity in a cohort of young adults in their transition from school to working life. Both low back pain and leisure time physical activity was monitored over a 6.5 year period in 420 subjects starting out as students within hairdressing, electrical installation and media/design. The association between physical activity and low back pain was investigated through the follow-up period by using linear mixed models analysis. Low back pain was significantly influenced by time and overall there was a decreasing trend of low back pain prevalence throughout the follow-up. Analysis showed a weak trend of decreasing low back pain with moderate/high physical activity levels, but this association was not significant. Low back pain decreased during follow-up with baseline as reference. Findings in our study did show non-significant trends of reduced low back pain with increased leisure time physical activity. Still, we could not support the theory of moderate/high levels of physical activity acting protective against low back pain in young adults entering working life. Our results, in combination with previous relevant research, cannot support a clear relationship between physical activity and low back pain for young adults. Thus, recommendations regarding effect of physical activity on reducing low back pain for this group are not clear. |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 33% |
| Canada | 1 | 33% |
| Unknown | 1 | 33% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 2 | 67% |
| Scientists | 1 | 33% |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 106 | 99% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Master | 21 | 20% |
| Student > Bachelor | 19 | 18% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 10 | 9% |
| Researcher | 6 | 6% |
| Student > Postgraduate | 6 | 6% |
| Other | 13 | 12% |
| Unknown | 32 | 30% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Nursing and Health Professions | 25 | 23% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 20 | 19% |
| Sports and Recreations | 11 | 10% |
| Neuroscience | 3 | 3% |
| Psychology | 2 | 2% |
| Other | 9 | 8% |
| Unknown | 37 | 35% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 7. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 04 November 2021.
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#4,471,523
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#4,910
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#61,312
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#83
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