Exposure criteria for evaluating lumbar spine load

Result code in IS VaVaI

<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F00216208%3A11110%2F18%3A10381926" target="_blank" >RIV/00216208:11110/18:10381926 - isvavai.cz</a>

Alternative codes found

RIV/75010330:_____/18:00012211 RIV/61989592:15110/18:73587627 RIV/00064165:_____/18:10381926

Result on the web

<a href="https://doi.org/10.21101/cejph.a4941" target="_blank" >https://doi.org/10.21101/cejph.a4941</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.21101/cejph.a4941" target="_blank" >10.21101/cejph.a4941</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Exposure criteria for evaluating lumbar spine load

Original language description

Objective: As a part of regular revision of the List of Occupational Diseases in the Czech Republic, efforts have been made to add a new item so that lumbar spine disease caused by overload may be recognized as occupational one, with adherence to the valid national rules, that is, clinical criteria are met and objective assessment confirms working conditions under which, according to recent scientific knowledge, such an occupational disease develops. The aim is to provide information on the use of a proposed method for working condition assessment in a real setting, based on the initial experiences gained from a pilot study carried out to validate the method. Methods: Working conditions were assessed in 55 individuals with chronic low back pain (25 males, 30 females; mean age 45.6 years; mean length of employment 15.6 years). The assessment was based on estimating compressive force on the L4/L5 intervertebral disc when performing potentially high-risk work tasks which were entered into four types of checklists throughout their work shifts. The compression values were calculated using a special module that was developed. Results: In 24 cases comprehensive assessment of all tasks performed showed fulfillment of the proposed criteria of working conditions needed for recognition of occupational disease. Those included healthcare, foundry and forest workers, production operators, cabinetmakers, locksmiths, bricklayers, etc. In all the cases, lumbar spine overload was associated with work tasks requiring combinations of manual handling of objects and trunk rotation or bending. The criteria were not met in 31 subjects. The mean length of employment was 15.4 and 15.8 years in patients who met and did not meet the proposed criteria, respectively. Conclusion: The proposed method proved to be applicable in occupational hygiene evaluation in a real setting.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_imp - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

30304 - Public and environmental health

Project

<a href="/en/project/NT14471" target="_blank" >NT14471: Developing a method for quantitative assessment of the contribution of occupational risk factors to the etiology of chronic low back diseases and defining clinical and hygiene criteria for identification of these conditions as occupational diseases</a><br>

Continuities

V - Vyzkumna aktivita podporovana z jinych verejnych zdroju

Publication year

2018

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Central European Journal of Public Health

ISSN

1210-7778

e-ISSN

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Volume of the periodical

26

Issue of the periodical within the volume

2

Country of publishing house

CZ - CZECH REPUBLIC

Number of pages

6

Pages from-to

98-103

UT code for WoS article

000446082400005

EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-85051456256