Static Balance Modification during the Workday in Assembly Chain Workers with and without Current Low Back Pain

BACKGROUND: Low back pain (LBP) is a common recurrent pathology among assembly chain workers. This population tends to spend most of the workday in a static standing posture and handling loads, with balance being essential for correct job performance. LBP is related to poorer postural control, so balance could be affected in this condition.

METHODS: The purpose of the present study is to analyze the deterioration of static balance generated by work activity in a prolonged standing position. We assess sway with a pressure platform at three moments of the workday (before, during, and after work), comparing the different balance parameters in 22 manufacturing plant workers with (17) and without (5) LBP.

RESULTS: In the pre-work capture, an independent t-test showed no significant differences between the pain and non-pain groups' static balance parameters. Between the pre- and mid-workday captures, a two-way ANOVA with repeated measures showed a significant decrease in the medial-lateral center of pressure displacement with open eyes in workers with LBP.

CONCLUSIONS: workers with low back pain do not show a greater deterioration in static balance than workers without pain during the workday.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2020

Erschienen:

2020

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:17

Enthalten in:

International journal of environmental research and public health - 17(2020), 20 vom: 10. Okt.

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Bataller-Cervero, Ana Vanessa [VerfasserIn]
Cimarras-Otal, Cristina [VerfasserIn]
Roche-Seruendo, Luis Enrique [VerfasserIn]
Alcázar-Crevillén, Andrés [VerfasserIn]
Villalba-Ruete, José Antonio [VerfasserIn]
Berzosa, César [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Equilibrium
Journal Article
Lumbago
Manufacturing workers
Pressure platform
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 04.12.2020

Date Revised 14.12.2020

published: Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.3390/ijerph17207385

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM316201049