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Article: Study results from University van Amsterdam, Coronel Institute of Occupational Health update understanding of lower back pain risk factors.(Report)(Survey)
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- Biotech Week
- Article date:
- December 31, 2008
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Research findings, 'Does body mass index increase the risk of low back pain in a population exposed to whole body vibration,' are discussed in a new report. According to a study from Netherlands, "The aim of this study was to determine whether body mass index (BMI) influences the risk of low back pain (LBP) in a population exposed to whole body vibration (WBV). For this a self-administered questionnaire was sent to 467 participants, driving occupational vehicles."
"Vibration measurements were performed according to ISO 2631-1 on a representative sample (n=30) of this population. For each participant, we calculated the current root mean square (r.m.s.) over an 8 ...
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