Journal article
Prevalence of Low Back Disorders in Furniture Distribution Centers
Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting, Vol.52(15), pp.1068-1072
09/2008
DOI: 10.1177/154193120805201515
Abstract
The purpose of this study was to quantify the prevalence of low back disorders in furniture distribution centers. This was a cross-sectional study with 454 workers in 9 furniture distribution centers. There were five definitions of low back disorders including 1) pain symptoms, 2) Oswestry questionnaire 3) LMM functional performance, 4) medical visits, and 5) lost time. The pain symptoms and Oswestry questionnaire had a one-week prevalence of 56.6% and 54.6%, respectively. The LMM functional performance had a point prevalence of 37.2%. Medical visits and lost time had a one-year prevalence of 11.9% and 7.5%, respectively. The pain symptom prevalence of low back disorder in furniture distribution was similar to that of construction workers and nurses placing this industry among other more well known high risk industries.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Prevalence of Low Back Disorders in Furniture Distribution Centers
- Creators
- Sue A Ferguson - Biodynamic Laboratory, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OHDeborah L Burr - College of Public Health, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OHW. Gary Allread - Biodynamic Laboratory, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OHSato Ashida - College of Public Health, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OHKaori Fujishiro - College of Public Health, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OHCatherine Heaney - Stanford Prevention Research Center, Stanford University, Stanford, CAWilliam S Marras - Biodynamic Laboratory, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting, Vol.52(15), pp.1068-1072
- DOI
- 10.1177/154193120805201515
- ISSN
- 2169-5067
- eISSN
- 2169-5067
- Publisher
- Sage
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 09/2008
- Academic Unit
- Injury Prevention Research Center; Public Policy Center (Archive); Community and Behavioral Health
- Record Identifier
- 9984214679302771
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