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  • Title: Back symptoms in nursing aides in a geriatric hospital. An interview study with special reference to the incidence of low-back symptoms.
    Author: Dehlin O, Hedenrud B, Horal J.
    Journal: Scand J Rehabil Med; 1976; 8(2):47-53. PubMed ID: 136743.
    Abstract:
    The incidence of back symptoms, particularly in the lumbar region, was investigated in 267 female nursing aides in a geriatric hospital. The overall incidence of low-back symptoms was 46.8%. Low-back insufficiency was present in 40%, lumbago in 18.4% and sciatica in 7.6%. Nursing aides with low-back symptoms had a higher incidence of cervical and thoracic spine symptoms than those without low-back symptoms. Recurrence of low-back symptoms had been common, appearing in 82%. Nursing aides with lowback symptoms considered their work more stressful to the spine than those without low-back symptoms. No relationship was found between different kinds of lifting technique and the incidence of low-back symptoms.
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