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Low Back Pain: Functional Impairments, Activity Limitations and Participation Restrictions in Farmers
Corresponding Author(s) : Shreevidya Karthik
International Journal of Allied Medical Sciences and Clinical Research,
Vol. 5 No. 3 (2017): 2017 Volume 5- Issue -3
Abstract
Many studies have demonstrated low back pain to be one of the most frequently reported problems in farmers. But the nature of pain severity, and its affection in their day to day activity and work has not been studied in deatil so far. Method: A community based cross sectional study was conducted on 80 crop farmers with chronic low back pian,in the area of Karjat & Junnar village. A validated questionnaire for work analysis and Marathi version of “Roland Morris disability questionnaire.” were used to identify functional Impairments in farmers with Low Back Pain. Results: 55% of farmers reported having moderate intensity of pain at rest, whereas majority of farmers experienced severe (60%) intensity of pain on activity. In the Roland Morris Questionnaire 89% of the study subjects marked the responses of „changing position frequently to try to get my back comfortable, and „back is painful almost all of the time?. Conclusion: All the farmer?s low back pain increased in intensity between moderate to severe pain with activity. Majority of the study subjects reported their back to be painful almost all of the time and had to keep changing position frequently to try to get their back comfortable.
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low-back pain: preliminary report. Archives of physical medicine and rehabilitation. 74(11), 1993, 1161-4.
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