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Low back pain in car drivers: a review of studies published 1975 to 2005

Low back pain in car drivers: a review of studies published 1975 to 2005
Low back pain in car drivers: a review of studies published 1975 to 2005
This review investigates whether there is evidence of an association between car driving and low back pain, and evidence that whole-body vibration contributes to low back pain in car drivers. The evidence of an association between various physical, psychosocial and individual factors and low back pain in car drivers was also investigated. From 23 epidemiological studies of low back problems in groups that reported car driving, nine studies fulfilled simple criteria for detailed review: four cross-sectional studies, three case-control studies and two longitudinal studies. The definition of low back pain was often unclear and, mostly, the physiological mechanisms causing low back pain were not considered. Eight of the nine studies concluded that there was an increase in low back pain among car drivers but there was little consideration of the influence of the many physical factors, individual factors and psychosocial factors that might be associated with an increase in low back pain. Consequently, there is insufficient evidence to form a conclusion on whether whole-body vibration, postural stressors or other factors, specific or not specific to driving, are common causes of low back problems in car drivers
0022-460X
499-513
Gallais, Lenka
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Griffin, Michael J.
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Griffin, Michael J.
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Bovenzi, Massimo
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Gallais, Lenka
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Griffin, Michael J.
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Griffin, Michael J.
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Bovenzi, Massimo
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Gallais, Lenka and Griffin, Michael J. , Griffin, Michael J. and Bovenzi, Massimo (eds.) (2006) Low back pain in car drivers: a review of studies published 1975 to 2005. Journal of Sound and Vibration, 298 (3), 499-513. (doi:10.1016/j.jsv.2006.06.012).

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This review investigates whether there is evidence of an association between car driving and low back pain, and evidence that whole-body vibration contributes to low back pain in car drivers. The evidence of an association between various physical, psychosocial and individual factors and low back pain in car drivers was also investigated. From 23 epidemiological studies of low back problems in groups that reported car driving, nine studies fulfilled simple criteria for detailed review: four cross-sectional studies, three case-control studies and two longitudinal studies. The definition of low back pain was often unclear and, mostly, the physiological mechanisms causing low back pain were not considered. Eight of the nine studies concluded that there was an increase in low back pain among car drivers but there was little consideration of the influence of the many physical factors, individual factors and psychosocial factors that might be associated with an increase in low back pain. Consequently, there is insufficient evidence to form a conclusion on whether whole-body vibration, postural stressors or other factors, specific or not specific to driving, are common causes of low back problems in car drivers

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Published date: 2006
Additional Information: Special Issue on the Third International Conference on Whole-body Vibration Injuries, Nancy, France, 07-09 Jun 2005
Organisations: Human Sciences Group

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Local EPrints ID: 45638
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/45638
ISSN: 0022-460X
PURE UUID: 2809228b-2d8d-4c6b-87e9-812a7deb6374
ORCID for Michael J. Griffin: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0003-0743-9502
ORCID for Michael J. Griffin: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0003-0743-9502

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Date deposited: 13 Apr 2007
Last modified: 15 Mar 2024 09:12

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Author: Lenka Gallais
Author: Michael J. Griffin ORCID iD
Editor: Michael J. Griffin ORCID iD
Editor: Massimo Bovenzi

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