A prospective cohort study of low back pain
Initiatives
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This prospective cohort study’s hypothesis is that there is relationship between quantified ergonomic factors and subsequent risk of low back pain after controlling for major risk factors and well-established confounders.
Note: All published information has been collected from the article referenced in the Marker Paper box below. Therefore, there may be variations with more advanced versions of the study.
- Start Year
- 2013
- Funding
- This study has been funded, in part, by grants from the National Institute forOccupational Safety and Health (NIOSH/CDC), 1 U 01 OH008083-01 andNIOSH Education and Research Center training grant T42/CCT810426-10.The CDC/NIOSH is not involved in the study design, data analyses orinterpretation of the data.
Design
- Study design
- Population cohort
Marker Paper
Garg A, Hegmann KT, Moore JS, et al. Study protocol title: a prospective cohort study of low back pain. BMC Musculoskelet Disord. 2013;14:84. Published 2013 Mar 7. doi:10.1186/1471-2474-14-84
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Recruitment
- Sources of Recruitment
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- Individuals
Number of participants
- Number of participants
- 800
- Number of participants with biosamples
- Supplementary Information
- Subjects are being enrolled from 30 employers with over 800 subjects having been enrolled to date.
Access
Availability of data and biosamples
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Timeline
workers with low back pain
Subjects are being enrolled from 30 employers with over 800 subjects having been enrolled to date.
Selection Criteria
- Newborns
- Twins
- Countries
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- United States of America
- Territory
- Illinois, Texas, Utah and Wisconsin
- Ethnic Origin
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- Health Status
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Recruitment
- Sources of recruitment
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- General population
Number of participants
- Number of participants
- 800
- Number of participants with biosamples
Data Collection Event
At baseline, workers undergo laptop-administered questionnaires, structured interviews, and two standardized physical examinations to ascertain demographics, medical history, psychosocial factors, hobbies and physical activities, and current musculoskeletal disorders. All workers’ jobs are individually measured for physical factors and are videotaped. Workers are followed monthly for the development of low back pain.
- Start Date
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2013
- End Date
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2013
- Data sources
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Mobile data collection
- Tablet/laptop
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Mobile data collection