title: ["Back pain" in teenagers and young adults].
abstract: The studies aimed to estimate an incidence of the low back pain (LBP) in the youngsters and teenagers and correlating it with risk factors. A groups of 2,346 secondary school pupils (1,704 girls and 642 boys) of a mean age 17 +/- 1 yrs, and 970 high-school students (532 women and 438 men) of a mean age 24 +/- 2 yrs have been examined. Low back pain has been seen in 1,416 out of 2,346 secondary school pupils (60%), and in 32% of the examined students. Statistical analysis with chi 2 test has confirmed a correlation between LBP and such risk factors as the incorrect sedentary position (p < .001 for pupils, and p < .02 for students), and smoking (p < .001 for students and p < .02 for pupils).
authors.affiliation: Kliniki Neurochirurgii A. M. w Białymstoku.
authors.forename: W J
authors.initials: WJ
authors.lastname: Lebkowski
mesh_terms: D000203:Activities of Daily Living; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D017677:Age Distribution; D001416:Back Pain / Q000453:epidemiology*; D016009:Chi-Square Distribution; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D008019:Life Style; D008297:Male; D011044:Poland / Q000453:epidemiology; D011187:Posture; D012307:Risk Factors
vernacular_title: "Bóle krzyza" u osób młodych i młodocianych.