Low back pain in Hispanic residential carpenters

Details

• Personal Author:
  Bigelow PL ; Enebo BA ; Gilkey DP ; Hautaluoma JE ; Herron RE ; Keefe TJ ; Rosecrance J ; Vela Acosta MS
• Description:
  OBJECTIVE: Low back pain (LBP) is a leading cause of lost work time and has been recognized as America's number one workplace safety challenge. Low back pain is occurring at epidemic proportions among construction workers, and minority populations have been underinvestigated for risk of back injury. This project investigated the multiple potential risk factors for occupational LBP among Hispanic residential carpenters. METHODS: This investigation evaluated 241 Hispanic residential framing carpenters. Data for this study were collected using a 91-question survey. End points of interest included point, annual, and lifetime prevalence of LBP. RESULTS: Nineteen percent of respondents reported they had an episode of LBP in their lifetime. CONCLUSIONS: Hispanic residential carpenters reported less than expected prevalence of LBP compared with non-Hispanic counterparts in the same trade and location. Job tasks and personal and workplace risk factors, including psychological and morphological characteristics, affect the prevalence of LBP among Hispanic framing carpenters. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Biomechanical Phenomena Construction Industry Ergonomics Mental Health Musculoskeletal Diseases Musculoskeletal System Occupational Health Race Factors Risk Assessment Risk Factors Safety Surveys And Questionnaires Workplace

  More +
• Keywords:
  Author Keywords: Low Back Pain Back-injuries Biomechanics Construction Construction-industry Construction-workers Health-surveys Human-factors-engineering Injuries Injury-prevention Lost-work-days Morphology Muscle-tension Musculoskeletal-system Musculoskeletal-system-disorders Occupational Health Psychological-factors Questionnaires Racial-factors Risk-analysis Risk-factors Workplace-studies

  More +
• ISSN:
  1556-3707
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Colorado ; OSHA Region 6 ; OSHA Region 8 ; Texas
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  2-14
• Volume:
  6
• Issue:
  1
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20040376
• Citation:
  J Chiropr Med 2007 Mar; 6(1):2-14
• Contact Point Address:
  David P. Gilkey, DC, PhD, Assistant Professor, Director of Undergraduate Education, Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80523
• Email:
  dgilkey@lamar.colostate.edu
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2007
• NORA Priority Area:
  Research Tools and Approaches: Intervention Effectiveness Research
• Performing Organization:
  Colorado State University, Environmental Health Department, Fort Collins, Colorado
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  19970930
• Source Full Name:
  Journal of Chiropractic Medicine
• End Date:
  20000929
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:e94d516b5c58aac6fca592d0355c62f4c21a17c474178a14effaf37beb6316fffe6423a003ac111dc57c2966cad05dad3d65f1057a62d3c7b0dc1c18f05c623e
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/193279/cdc_193279_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 155.67 KB ]