Heavy domestic, but not recreational, physical activity is associated with low back pain: Australian Twin low BACK pain (AUTBACK) study

European Spine Journal

Volumn 23, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 2083-2089

  Hübscher, Markus ^a,b,f   Ferreira, Manuela L ^c   Junqueira, Daniela R G ^a,d   Refshauge, Kathryn M ^a   Maher, Chris G ^c   Hopper, John L ^e   Ferreira, Paulo H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^d FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^f NONE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Low back pain; Physical activity; Physical workload; Twin study

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIAN; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DOMESTIC PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; GARDENING; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE MODIFICATION; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECREATION; RECREATIONAL PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; TWINS; WALKING; ADOLESCENT; AUSTRALIA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GENETICS; LEISURE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REGISTER; RISK; STATISTICAL MODEL; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AUSTRALIA; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEISURE ACTIVITIES; LOGISTIC MODELS; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; ODDS RATIO; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGISTRIES; WALKING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84919398001     PISSN: 09406719     EISSN: 14320932     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00586-014-3258-2     Document Type: Article

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