Prevalence of low back pain in long distance truck drivers of mountainous terrain

Manish Goon; Sutanu Ghoshal; Baskaran Chandrasekaran; Bidhan Chandra Sharma

doi:10.1201/EBK1439835074

Prevalence of low back pain in long distance truck drivers of mountainous terrain

Manish Goon, Sutanu Ghoshal, Baskaran Chandrasekaran, Bidhan Chandra Sharma

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The incidence of back pain in the truck drivers of mountainous areas is unknown. The occupational wellbeing and the incidence of low back pain in professional Truck Drivers were investigated regarding low back symptoms, personal, occupational, environmental, social and ergonomical factors using a well validated questionnaire. Of 200 truck drivers included, the prevalence of back pain is 73.52%.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Advances in Occupational, Social, and Organizational Ergonomics
Publisher	CRC Press/Balkema
Pages	516-522
Number of pages	7
ISBN (Electronic)	9781439835098
ISBN (Print)	9781439835074
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1201/EBK1439835074
Publication status	Published - 01-01-2010

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