1. Relationship between psychosocial factors and objective physical function in special needs school staff members suffering from low back pain
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Masayuki Shima, Daisuke Ishikawa, Jun Yamamoto, and Hiroshi Katsuda
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Adult ,Male ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis ,Special needs ,Staff members ,Physical function ,Logistic regression ,03 medical and health sciences ,0302 clinical medicine ,Lower limb muscle ,Japan ,Risk Factors ,Surveys and Questionnaires ,Humans ,Psychology ,Medicine ,Low back pain ,0501 psychology and cognitive sciences ,Muscle Strength ,Special needs school ,050107 human factors ,Abdominal Muscles ,Schools ,business.industry ,05 social sciences ,Confounding ,Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health ,Odds ratio ,Middle Aged ,030210 environmental & occupational health ,Occupational Diseases ,Cross-Sectional Studies ,Lower Extremity ,Psychosocial factors ,Physical therapy ,Female ,Hip Joint ,Original Article ,medicine.symptom ,business ,Psychosocial ,STarT Back Tool - Abstract
Physical function impairment in patients with low back pain (LBP) occurs due to the influence of psychosocial factors. Only a few studies have objectively evaluated physical function. We aimed to objectively assess the physical functions of individuals subjects with LBP, and clarify the association between physical function and psychosocial factors. We enrolled 411 individuals with LBP working in special needs schools. We examined their degree of pain, and the psychosocial factors strength through the STarT Back Tool, which categorized them into the low-risk, medium-risk, and high-risk groups. We assessed their abdominal muscle endurance, lower limb muscle strength, and hip joint flexibility. The relationships between these physical functions and psychosocial factors were analyzed by logistic regression models. Those in the high-risk group had significantly lower abdominal muscle and lower limb muscle strength (p
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- 2021
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