Background The latest clinical guidelines are mandatory for physicians to follow when
practicing evidence-based medicine in the treatment of low back pain. Those guidelines …

In fields (such as population health) where randomised trials are often lacking, systematic
reviews (SRs) can harness diversity in study design, settings and populations to assess the …

Lifting tasks are manual material-handling activities and are commonly associated with work-
related low back disorders. Instrument-based assessment tools are used to quantitatively …

Background: Low back pain (LBP) is one of the most frequent musculoskeletal conditions
and a common work-related health problem. In South Africa, people from lower socio …

Background A common misconception about low back pain (LBP) is that the spine is weak
and that lumbar flexion should be avoided. Because the beliefs of health-care professionals …

Lifting tasks, among manual material handling activities, are those mainly associated with
low back pain. In recent years, several instrumental-based tools were developed to …

Background There is limited evidence of how physical activity (PA) associates with low back
pain (LBP) and neck pain (NP). Particularly, the association between occupational or …

Objectives Previous studies in a high-income country have demonstrated that people with
and without low back pain (LBP) have an implicit bias that bending and lifting with a flexed …

Paradoxical associations have been observed for leisure-time physical activity (LTPA) and
occupational physical activity (OPA) and several health-related outcomes. Typically, higher …

Lifting tasks, among manual material handling activities, are those mainly associated with
low back pain. In recent years, several instrumental-based tools were developed to …