title: Nonspecific low back pain in a group of young adult men.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Low back pain (LBP) is a common symptom that causes enormous social, psychological, and economical problems. We studied LBP occurrence in a group of young adults referred to an army hospital for a planned health check and evaluated possible causative factors by prospective questionnaires.
  
  
  METHODS
  This article is based on a prospective study of 871 novice soldiers of the Turkish Army. Studied factors were combined in the form, which was filled by 5 doctors on the basis of self-reports, interview and physical examination of the participants. They were evaluated by factors; low back pain episodes, monthly income, smoking habits, BMI, labor conditions, and educational status.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The median age of the studied population was 21.14±1.4. Complains regarding LBP were observed in 325 (37%) of participants. Twelve participants had pain episodes up to 10 points. 83.69% of the participants with LBP had psychological problems. Heavy lifting and driving for long periods were determined as serious risk factors.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Determining the impact factors of LBP in primary care groups can help to prevent development of more serious problems.
authors.affiliation: Sehitkamil State Hospital, Neurosurgery Clinic, Gaziantep, Turkey. memetsecer@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Mehmet
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Secer
authors.forename: Osman Arikan
authors.initials: OA
authors.lastname: Nacar
authors.forename: M Johongir
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Muradov
authors.forename: Fatih
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Altintoprak
authors.forename: Baris
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Kabali
authors.forename: Zafer
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Senol
authors.forename: K Alisher
authors.initials: KA
authors.lastname: Umarov
mesh_terms: D001334:Automobile Driving / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D017770:Lifting / Q000009:adverse effects; D017116:Low Back Pain / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology; D008297:Male; D008889:Military Personnel / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011446:Prospective Studies; D012307:Risk Factors; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014421:Turkey / Q000453:epidemiology; D055815:Young Adult