| Document ID (ISN) | 78306 |
| CIS number |
02-181 |
| ISSN - Serial title |
0339-6517 - Documents pour le médecin du travail |
| Year |
2000 |
| Convention or series no. |
DMT 84 TC 79
|
| Author(s) |
Meyer J.P. |
| Title |
Backache and back belts |
| Original title |
Lombalgie et ceinture lombaire [in French] |
| Bibliographic information |
4th Quarter 2000, No.84, p.349-362. Illus. 107 ref. |
| Abstract |
The frequency with which low back pain occurs and the recognition of its more severe forms such as acute crural pain or sciatica among warehousemen or drivers may result in the adoption of personal protection methods based on back belts. In occupational settings however, the effectiveness of back belts is not proven. Nonetheless, requests for using back belts as a means of prevention or their spontaneous use by workers are frequent. The objective of this literature review was to address questions on the use of back belts and to provide practical guidance. Contents include: effects of back belts; back belts as a means of low back pain prevention; use of back belts; role of occupational physicians. |
| Descriptors (primary) |
drivers; manual handling; back belts; backache; warehousing; lumbar column |
| Descriptors (secondary) |
literature survey; industrial physicians; personal protective equipment; France |
| Document type |
D - Periodical articles |
| Country / State or Province | France |
| Subject(s) |
Occupational pathology
|
| Broad subject area(s) |
Occupational medicine, epidemiology
|
| Browse category(ies) |
Storage and warehousing
Belts, harnesses and lifelines
Diseases of the musculoskeletal system
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