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• 영문명: A Study of Risk Factors related to Back Pain in Bus Drivers
• 발행기관: 한국전문물리치료학회
• 저자명: 박소연(Park So-yon)
• 간행물 정보: 『한국전문물리치료학회지』한국전문물리치료학회지 제4권 제2호, 18~35쪽, 전체 18쪽
• 주제분류: 의약학 > 의학일반
• 파일형태: PDF
• 발행일자: 1997.09.30

영문 초록

The purpose of this study were to determine causes of low back pain in bus drivers who usually work in prolonged sitting position and to find the relationship of back pain with general characteristics and work environmental characteristics, stress symptoms, to compare lordosis angle of habitual driving posture and resting posture in low back pain group and non-low back pain group, and to use this result as a basis for improvement of work environment and comprehensive rehabilitative management of low back pain. Ninety-eight bus drivers were selected from the membership of an urban transit union in Seoul. These informations were collected from May 1, 1997 to May 25, 1997 by mean of structured questionnaires and X-ray findings. These data were analyzed by x2 test, t-test, logistic regression using SAS. The major results were as follows: 1. Of the respondents, 66.3% of bus drivers were found to be experiencing back pain. 2. Of the respondents of low back pain groups, 78.5% reported that major cause of low back pain was due to prolonged sitting. 3. The group with experiences of frequent of continuous vibration had more low back pain(p<0.05). There were no significant differences among other work environmental factors. 4. Average stress score was significantly higher in the group with low back pain than in the group without low back pain(p<0.05). 5. The results of the logistic regression analyses were statistically significant vibration from seat and stress score among the risk factors(p<0.05). 6. Averaged lordosis angle of habitual driving posture was 7.6±14.9 degrees in low back pain group, 16.5±8.7 degrees in non-low back pain and averaged lordosis angle of resting sitting posture was 10.8±13.7 degrees in low back pain, 18.9±9.6 degrees in non-low back pain group but the difference in mean lordosis angles of two groups was not statistically significant. The results of this study indicate that professional drivers developed chronicity of low back pain due to unfit seat, poor habitual posture and stress from vibration or other risk factors. Therefore, there is need to improve work environment, i.e. enough resting, to set a seat to support lumbar spine properly and to provide comprehensive rehabilitation program including early diagnosis, proper treatment and education for self help management.

목차

Abstract

Ⅰ. 서론

Ⅱ. 연구대상 및 방법

Ⅲ. 연구결과

Ⅳ. 고찰

Ⅴ. 결론

인용문헌

키워드

Low back pain Drivers Sitting position