Background Physical activity in leisure time is often considered to have favourable effects on
the risk of low back pain (LBP), but demonstrating a definite association in epidemiological …

Being physically active is often suggested to be important in the prevention and
management of low back pain. This simple view does not take into account that the relation …

The aim of this review was to investigate the association between total and domain-specific
physical activity (PA) and non-specific low back pain (LBP) in adults. Seven databases were …

Introduction Physical activity is suggested to be important for low back pain (LBP) but a
major problem is the limited validity of the measurement of physical activities, which is …

Study Design. Observational cross-sectional. Objective. To investigate the association
between leisure-time physical activity (LTPA) and low back pain (LBP) in adults from primary …

Background There are plausible mechanisms whereby leisure time physical activity may
protect against low back pain (LBP) but there have been no quality systematic reviews and …

Background Low back pain is a highly prevalent and disabling musculoskeletal disorder.
Physical activity is widely used as a prevention strategy for numerous musculoskeletal …

Background Physical activity in leisure time seems to reduce the risk of low back pain, but it
is not known whether occupational activity, as recorded in a representative working …

CONCLUSION In this study we found no proof that persons who are physically inactive are
at increased risk for LBP. According to our data, no health effects in terms of a reduction in …

ABSTRACT JACOB, T., M. BARAS, A. ZEEV, and L. EPSTEIN. Physical Activities and Low
Back Pain: A Community-Based Study. Med. Sci. Sports Exerc., Vol. 36, No. 1, pp. 9–15 …