The role of cumulative physical work load in lumbar spine disease: risk factors for lumbar osteochondrosis and spondylosis associated with chronic complaints
The role of cumulative physical work load in lumbar spine disease: risk factors for lumbar osteochondrosis and spondylosis associated with chronic complaints
A. Blair Seidler,U. Bolm‐Audorff,7 Authors,G. Elsner
2001 · DOI: 10.1136/oem.58.11.735
Occupational and Environmental Medicine · 123 Citations
TLDR
The results suggest that cumulative occupational exposure to lifting or carrying and extreme forward bending increases the risk for developing symptomatic osteochondrosis or spondylosis of the lumbar spine.