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Low back pain in steel industry employees
Abstract
The aim of this study was to assess the characteristics of low back pain (LBP), personal and occupational risk factors and loss of productivity in steel industry workers. The average age of the workers working for six years in this industry is 37.72. Of all the cases; 42.3 % has have no longer pain what so ever, 26.3 % chronic LBP, 13.1 % has acute pain attacks, 9.5 % sciatalgia, 8.8 % has mobility limitation. 51.8 % of the cases with no LBPand 54.2 % of the cases with any kind of pain smoked more than 10 cigarettes daily. 24.8 % of the cases without pain and 11.8 % of the cases with pain exercised 2 hours weekly. 11.7 % of the cases with have suffered from LBP since 1 month, 20.4 % 12 months and 23.4 % more then 12 months. The working postures of all the cases were 59.6 % bending forward, 27.8 % making repetitive trunk rotations, 8.7 % standing without moving, 3.9 % exposure to whole body vibration. 1.72 % of cases with no LBP and 32.91 % of the cases with any kind of pain was work off up to 30 days. Lumbar flexion was measured by modified Schober test; lateral flexion and extension were measured by standart goniometer. The average mobility of those with pain was found to be significantly reduced (p<0.05) when compared with that of those who never had LBP. The progressive isoinertial lifting evaluation (PÜLE) test that was performed to measure the functional work performance. Those with LBP could lift 12 kg while those without pain could lift up to 25 kg. The results were evaluated statistically in accordance with Mann Whitney U test.
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Publication Date
September 11, 2006
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March 6, 2014
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Year 1996 Volume: 30 Number: 4
APA
Karakas, V., & Sabuncu, H. (2006). Low back pain in steel industry employees. Acta Orthopaedica et Traumatologica Turcica, 30(4), 400-403. https://doi.org/10.3944/aott.v30i4.2026
AMA
1.Karakas V, Sabuncu H. Low back pain in steel industry employees. Acta Orthopaedica et Traumatologica Turcica. 2006;30(4):400-403. doi:10.3944/aott.v30i4.2026
Chicago
Karakas, Vicdan, and Hilmi Sabuncu. 2006. “Low Back Pain in Steel Industry Employees”. Acta Orthopaedica et Traumatologica Turcica 30 (4): 400-403. https://doi.org/10.3944/aott.v30i4.2026.
EndNote
Karakas V, Sabuncu H (September 1, 2006) Low back pain in steel industry employees. Acta Orthopaedica et Traumatologica Turcica 30 4 400–403.
IEEE
[1]V. Karakas and H. Sabuncu, “Low back pain in steel industry employees”, Acta Orthopaedica et Traumatologica Turcica, vol. 30, no. 4, pp. 400–403, Sept. 2006, doi: 10.3944/aott.v30i4.2026.
ISNAD
Karakas, Vicdan - Sabuncu, Hilmi. “Low Back Pain in Steel Industry Employees”. Acta Orthopaedica et Traumatologica Turcica 30/4 (September 1, 2006): 400-403. https://doi.org/10.3944/aott.v30i4.2026.
JAMA
1.Karakas V, Sabuncu H. Low back pain in steel industry employees. Acta Orthopaedica et Traumatologica Turcica. 2006;30:400–403.
MLA
Karakas, Vicdan, and Hilmi Sabuncu. “Low Back Pain in Steel Industry Employees”. Acta Orthopaedica et Traumatologica Turcica, vol. 30, no. 4, Sept. 2006, pp. 400-3, doi:10.3944/aott.v30i4.2026.
Vancouver
1.Vicdan Karakas, Hilmi Sabuncu. Low back pain in steel industry employees. Acta Orthopaedica et Traumatologica Turcica. 2006 Sep. 1;30(4):400-3. doi:10.3944/aott.v30i4.2026