• Military medicine · Jan 1994

    Low back pain and body mass index.

    • R Orvieto, N Rand, B Lev, M Wiener, and H Nehama.
    • Israeli Defence Forces, Medical Corps.
    • Mil Med. 1994 Jan 1;159(1):37-8.

    AbstractWe have examined the association between body mass index and the prevalence of low back pain in about a quarter of a million male recruits aged 17-18 years at the time of their medical draft examination. Low back pain prevalence is shown to rise with increasing body mass index. This statistically significant association may suggest a role of body weight and height in the pathogenesis of low back pain and supports the previously reported need for education regarding weight reduction as a useful implement in low back pain prevention.

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