title: [The characteristics of the prevalence of vertebrogenic lumbosacral radiculalgias among cotton and tobacco growers in Uzbekistan].
abstract: An epidemiological study of the prevalence of vertebrogenic lumbosacral radiculalgias (VLSR) was made among 910 cotton growers and 311 tobacco growers of Samarkand Province of Uzbekistan. Out of the 1221 persons aged 18 to 70, VLSR were revealed in 223. The incidence of the disease among cotton growers was 6.3 and among tobacco growers, it amounted to 7.1 per 100 workers. A definite correlation was established between the disease and the character of work and specificity of the working postures: a long stay in a bent position aggravated by the pressure of the apron strap weighing 8-10 kg on the lumbar part of the spine. A correlation was also established between the incidence of VLSR and the length of service.
authors.forename: A M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Aslanov
authors.forename: B A
authors.initials: BA
authors.lastname: Alaev
authors.forename: N A
authors.initials: NA
authors.lastname: Andrukh
authors.forename: I Kh
authors.initials: IKh
authors.lastname: Saĭdiev
mesh_terms: D000367:Age Factors; D000382:Agricultural Workers' Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology; D003368:Gossypium; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D008161:Lumbosacral Region; D009437:Neuralgia / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology; D010947:Plants, Toxic; D015995:Prevalence; D012737:Sex Factors; D013126:Spinal Nerve Roots; D014026:Nicotiana; D014610:Uzbekistan / Q000453:epidemiology
vernacular_title: Osobennosti rasprostraneniia vertebrogennykh poiasnichno-kresttsovykh radikulalgiĭ sredi khlopkorobov i tabakovodov Uzbekistana.