title: Research to reality: a critical review of the validity of various criteria for the prevention of occupationally induced low back pain disability.
abstract: Criteria have been suggested to reduce the incidence, or severity of low back pain disability. Five underlying theories for such criteria have been identified in the literature, and a critical review of the validity of these criteria has been carried out. Despite attributions elsewhere, peer-reviewed validation of the various criteria range from modest to nil. The need for a validation criterion for use in workplace design in order to reduce low back pain disability, or severity, is identified and the need for an international protocol to allow cross-study validation of present and future criteria is suggested.
authors: Liberty Mutual Research Center, Hopkinton, MA 01748.
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authors: TB
authors: Leamon
mesh_terms: D001696:Biomechanical Phenomena; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D017116:Low Back Pain / Q000517:prevention & control*; D008297:Male; D008954:Models, Biological; D009784:Occupational Diseases / Q000517:prevention & control*; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D013312:Stress, Physiological / Q000503:physiopathology; D014938:Work Capacity Evaluation