Sociodemographic differences in low back pain: which subgroups of workers are most vulnerable?
Thus, workers with certain occupations and lower levels of education, middle-aged men and women with unfavourable working time characteristics are most affected by low back pain. These groups should be focused on to potentially increase healthy working life and prevent work disability.
Authors
- Johannes Beller (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3041-9895)
- Stefanie Sperlich (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4903-7384)
- Janice Hegewald (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3388-161X)
- Jelena Epping (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1852-5601)
- Juliane Tetzlaff (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5393-5991)
- Batoul Safieddine (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7997-8049)
Institutions
- Medizinische Hochschule Hannover (DE)
- Federal Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (DE)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders
- Published
- 2024-10-26
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s12891-024-07970-5
- Citations
- 6
- Primary Topic
- Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 2.69
Funders
- Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft
- Bundesanstalt für Arbeitsschutz und Arbeitsmedizin
- Niedersächsisches Ministerium für Wissenschaft und Kultur