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The Impact of Anthropometric Parameters on the Incidence of Low Back Pain
Dušan Čelan
Zmago Turk
Sažetak
Endogenic factors as one of possible reasons for low back pain were investigated and discussed in this study. The study included 122 male bus drivers, average age 44.2 years, average period of active service 24.4 years. The following anthropometric indexes have been calculated: Quetelet’s index, percentage of body fat, relative body weight, Olivier’s typologic index, Lorenz’s constitution index and muscle index. According to inquiry form regarding history of low back pain the subjects were divided in two groups: 36 had no low back pain history and 76 had a history of recurrent low back pain. The results showed statistically nonsignificant differences in the anthropometric parameters and the calculated indexes between these two groups of subjects. The chosen subject sample showed that nutritional status, body build, constitution and muscular development are not associated with the incidence of low back pain.
Ključne riječi
low back pain; anthropometric parameters; body mass index
Hrčak ID:
4951
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Datum izdavanja:
15.6.2005.
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