Chronic low back pain and fuction of Greek office workers

dc.contributor.author	Σπυρόπουλος, Παναγιώτης	el
dc.contributor.author	Χρονόπουλος, Ευστάθιος	el
dc.contributor.author	Παπαθανασίου, Γεώργιος	el
dc.contributor.author	Γεωργούδης, Γεώργιος	el
dc.contributor.author	Κουτής, Χαρίλαος	el
dc.date.accessioned	2015-01-21T14:27:05Z
dc.date.available	2015-01-21T14:27:05Z
dc.date.issued	2015-01-21
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/11400/4448
dc.rights	Αναφορά Δημιουργού-Μη Εμπορική Χρήση-Όχι Παράγωγα Έργα 3.0 Ηνωμένες Πολιτείες	*
dc.rights.uri	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/us/	*
dc.subject	Physical fitness
dc.subject	Οσφυαλγία
dc.subject	Υπάλληλοι γραφείου
dc.subject	Κινητικότητα της σπονδυλικής στήλης
dc.subject	Φυσική κατάσταση
dc.subject	Low back pain
dc.subject	Office workers
dc.subject	Spinal mobility
dc.title	Chronic low back pain and fuction of Greek office workers	en
heal.type	journalArticle
heal.classification	Medicine
heal.classification	Physical therapy
heal.classification	Ιατρική
heal.classification	Φυσικοθεραπεία
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heal.classificationURI	http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85101568
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heal.keywordURI	http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2010106229
heal.contributorName	Κομπότη, Αικατερίνη	el
heal.identifier.secondary	ISSN 1053-8127
heal.language	en
heal.access	free
heal.recordProvider	Τεχνολογικό Εκπαιδευτικό Ίδρυμα Αθήνας.Σχολή Επαγγελμάτων Υγείας και Πρόνοιας.Τμήμα Φυσικοθεραπείας	el
heal.publicationDate	2008
heal.bibliographicCitation	Spyropoulos, P., Chronopoulos, E., Papathanasiou, G., Georgoudis, G., Koutis, H. et.al. (2008) Chronic low back pain and fuction of Greek office workers. Journal of back and musculoskeletal rehabilitation. 21(2), pp.129-135.	en
heal.abstract	The purpose of this observational study was to compare anthropometric and functional characteristics of office worker women who were healthy or suffered from chronic low back pain (CLBP). A group of 30 healthy and 30 women with CLBP were randomly selected from a sample of 648 office workers who participated in a previous epidemiological study. All subjects were matched for age, height and body weight. Their anthropometric and functional characteristics were measured using standardized procedures with established reliability and compared with the Student’s t-test for independent samples. In their anthropometric characteristics, women with CLBP had significantly higher body mass index and percent body fat (p = 0.035) whereas their leg length difference (p = 0.012) was almost double compared to same characteristics of healthy women. Regarding their functional characteristics, women with CLBP displayed significantly restricted mobility (p < 0.05) in all directions and decreased endurance (p < 0.05) in muscle function of their lower extremity, abdominals and trunk extensors as compared to healthy women. These results might suggest that anthropometric and functional characteristics need to be improved in Greek office workers as they may relate to the incidence of their low back pain.	en
heal.publisher	IOS Press	en
heal.journalName	Journal of back and musculoskeletal rehabilitation	en
heal.journalType	peer-reviewed
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