Monitoring spinal movement relating to back pain.
Sickness absence from work due to back pain is a major cause of industrial absenteeism. Attempts have, therefore, been made to show a cause and effect relationship between a person's work and back pain. To succeed, such studies require the recording of a number of parameters related to the subject and the work load for long periods. Using a miniature four-channel analogue tape recorder for this purpose, spinal movement was observed, and the practicability of the technique for this type of investigation was demonstrated.
D001416:Back Pain / Q000503:physiopathology*; D006801:Humans; D008161:Lumbosacral Region; D008297:Male; D008991:Monitoring, Physiologic / Q000379:methods; D009068:Movement; D009787:Occupational Medicine; D013131:Spine / Q000503:physiopathology*