| Document ID (ISN) | 102474 |
| CIS number |
03-1184 |
| ISSN - Serial title |
0007-9936 - Cahiers de médecine interprofessionnelle |
| Year |
2003 |
| Convention or series no. |
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| Author(s) |
Alcouffe J., Fau-Prudhomot P., Manillier P., Montéléon P.Y. |
| Title |
Medical and occupational consequences of low back disorders lasting more than 30 days during the preceding 12 months: Complementary analysis of the ACMS "low back pain" survey carried out between 1996 and 2000 |
| Original title |
Conséquences médico-professionnelles des lombalgies de plus de 30 jours au cours des 12 derniers mois: analyse complémentaire des enquêtes ACMS "lombalgies" réalisées entre 1996 et 2000 [in French] |
| Bibliographic information |
2003, Vol.43, No.4, p.423-434. 18 ref. |
| Abstract |
This study uses the results of three earlier surveys on low back disorders in SMEs of the Ile-de-France region, and analyses cases of low back disorders having lasted more than 30 days during the preceding 12 months, described as "persistent low back pain". According to the three surveys, persistent low back pain accounted for approximately 30% of the overall low back disorders which concerned 55-68% of the workers. Persistent low back pain is associated with age, the number of children and the years of work on the job, and to a lesser degree, with not practicing a sport, being overweight, lifting of loads of more than 10kg and working in strenuous postures. Consequences include reduced levels of occupational and non-occupational activities, increased use of health services and short or long periods of absenteeism. In certain cases, workers developed coping strategies for continuing their level of activity despite the persistent low back pain. |
| Descriptors (primary) |
small enterprises; backache; lumbar column |
| Descriptors (secondary) |
France; sickness absenteeism; frequency rates; age-linked differences; statistical evaluation; work posture |
| Document type |
D - Periodical articles |
| Country / State or Province | France |
| Subject(s) |
Occupational pathology
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| Broad subject area(s) |
Occupational medicine, epidemiology
|
| Browse category(ies) |
Small and medium-sized enterprises
Diseases of the musculoskeletal system
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