title: [Stress on the lumbar spine in workers in the beer brewing industry].
abstract: The appearance of lumbal syndrome was analysed in two groups of workers in the "Zagrebacka pivovara" brewery. In a group of 23 workers whose mean age was 34 years and mean length of service 12 years, nine (39.1%) suffered from lumbal syndrome. In another group of 33 workers, with the mean age of 31 years and the mean length of service of nine years there were 24 (72.7%) suffering from the syndrome. According to Student's t-test the differences in age and length of service between the two groups were not significant (P > 0.05), but the difference in the number of ill was significant (P < 0.05). Analysis of the workplace showed that a heavy burden of the lumbal spine was involved, especially with the workers from the second group, and that ergonomic solutions were necessary.
authors.affiliation: Dom zdravlja Crnomerec, Zagreb.
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Sitar-Srebocan
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Hursidić Radulović
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Mustajbegović
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001515:Beer; D006801:Humans; D017116:Low Back Pain / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D008159:Lumbar Vertebrae / Q000503:physiopathology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009784:Occupational Diseases / Q000503:physiopathology
vernacular_title: Opterećenje lumbalne kraljeznice radnika pivarske industrije.