Author/Editor		Čelan, Dušan; Turk, Zmago
Title		The impact of anthropometric parameters on the incidence of low back pain
Type		članek
Source		Coll Antropol
Vol. and No.		Letnik 29, št. 1
Publication year		2005
Volume		str. 101-5
Language		eng
Abstract		Endogenic factors as one of possible reasons for low back pain were intvestigated and discussed in this study. The study included 122 male bus drivers, average age 44.2 years, average period of actiue seruice 24.4 years. The following anthropometric indexes have been calculated: Quetelet's index, percentage of body fat, relative body weight, Oliver's lypologic index, Lorenz's constitution index and muscle index. According to inquiry form regarding history of low back pain the subjects were divided in two groups: 36 had no low back pain history and 76 had a history of recurrent low tiack pain. The results showed statistically nonsignificant differences in the anthropometric parameters and the calculated indexes between these two groups of subjects. The chosen subject sample showed that nutritional status, body build, constitution and muscular development are not associated with the incidence of low back pain.
Descriptors		LOW BACK PAIN ANTHROPOMETRY BODY MASS INDEX