Prevalence and risk factors associated with low back pain in Iranian surgeons

Journal of Manipulative and Physiological Therapeutics

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 362-370

  Mohseni Bandpei, Mohammad A ^a,b   Ahmad Shirvani, Marjan ^b   Golbabaei, Nazanin ^b   Behtash, Hamid ^c   Shahinfar, Zahra ^d   Fernández De Las Peñas, César ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOCIAL WELFARE AND REHABILITATION SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b MAZANDARAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c IRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^d TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^e UNIVERSIDAD REY JUAN CARLOS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cross Sectional Studies; Low Back Pain; Prevalence; Risk Factors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY POSTURE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; GYNECOLOGY; HUMAN; IRAN; JOB SATISFACTION; LIFESTYLE; LOW BACK PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL PERSONNEL; MEDICAL PRACTICE; OSWESTRY DISABILITY INDEX; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PREVALENCE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; STANDING; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; SURGEON; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANTHROPOMETRY; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GENERAL SURGERY; HUMANS; IRAN; LOGISTIC MODELS; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PHYSICIANS; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 79961098787     PISSN: 01614754     EISSN: 15326586     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmpt.2011.05.010     Document Type: Article

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