TY - JOUR
T1 - Cohort study of postural sway and low back pain
T2 - the Copenhagen City Heart Study
AU - Madsen, Anja Lykke
AU - Gyntelberg, Finn
AU - Marott, Jacob Louis
AU - Schnohr, Peter
AU - Astrup, Jens
N1 - © 2023. The Author(s).
PY - 2023/12
Y1 - 2023/12
N2 - PURPOSE: Low back pain is a significant health problem with a high prevalence. Studies of smaller cohorts of low back pain patients have indicated increased body sway. The present paper tests the hypothesis of an association between low back pain and postural sway in a large randomly selected population.METHODS: The current study used the fifth examination (2011-2015) of The Copenhagen City Heart Study where 4543 participated. The participants answered a self-administered questionnaire regarding pain, physical activity, smoking, alcohol consumption, education, and other lifestyle factors. Measurement of postural body sway was performed using the CATSYS system.RESULTS: Totally 1134 participants (25%) reported to have low back pain. Subjects with low back pain had higher sway area and sway velocity than subjects without.CONCLUSION: When using multivariate statistical analysis, confounding factors such as male gender, higher age, larger body height, low education level, smoking, and low activity level explained the association between low back pain and postural sway.
AB - PURPOSE: Low back pain is a significant health problem with a high prevalence. Studies of smaller cohorts of low back pain patients have indicated increased body sway. The present paper tests the hypothesis of an association between low back pain and postural sway in a large randomly selected population.METHODS: The current study used the fifth examination (2011-2015) of The Copenhagen City Heart Study where 4543 participated. The participants answered a self-administered questionnaire regarding pain, physical activity, smoking, alcohol consumption, education, and other lifestyle factors. Measurement of postural body sway was performed using the CATSYS system.RESULTS: Totally 1134 participants (25%) reported to have low back pain. Subjects with low back pain had higher sway area and sway velocity than subjects without.CONCLUSION: When using multivariate statistical analysis, confounding factors such as male gender, higher age, larger body height, low education level, smoking, and low activity level explained the association between low back pain and postural sway.
KW - Cohort Studies
KW - Humans
KW - Low Back Pain/epidemiology
KW - Male
KW - Postural Balance
KW - Posture
KW - Surveys and Questionnaires
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U2 - 10.1007/s00586-023-07925-9
DO - 10.1007/s00586-023-07925-9
M3 - Journal article
C2 - 37740785
SN - 0940-6719
VL - 32
SP - 4390
EP - 4396
JO - European spine journal : official publication of the European Spine Society, the European Spinal Deformity Society, and the European Section of the Cervical Spine Research Society
JF - European spine journal : official publication of the European Spine Society, the European Spinal Deformity Society, and the European Section of the Cervical Spine Research Society
IS - 12
ER -