• Occup Environ Med · Feb 2003

    Ambiguous relation between physical workload and low back pain: a twin control study.

    • J Hartvigsen, K O Kyvik, C Leboeuf-Yde, S Lings, and L Bakketeig.
    • Nordic Institute of Chiropractic and Clinical Biomechanics, Klosterbakken 20, DK-5000 Odense C, Denmark. j.hartvigsen@nikkb.dk
    • Occup Environ Med. 2003 Feb 1;60(2):109-14.

    AimsTo examine the association between self reported physical workload and low back pain (LBP) in younger twins. To investigate whether genetic factors interact with physical workload in relation to LBP.MethodsA twin control study was performed within a population based twin register using 1910 complete monozygotic (MZ) and same sexed dizygotic (DZ) twin pairs aged 25-42 and discordant for LBP. LBP in the affected twins was divided into two groups: "LBP for 30 days during the past year". Physical workload was divided into four categories: "sitting", "sitting/walking", "light physical", and "heavy physical". Data were analysed in a matched design using conditional logistic regression. MZ and DZ twins were analysed separately and together in order to determine possible genetic influences in relation to physical workload and LBP.ResultsStatistically significant graded relations were found for increasing workload and LBP of longer duration but not for LBP of shorter duration (ConclusionsThere is evidence for a dose-response relation between physical workload and LBP of longer duration. Attention to clinically relevant subgroups based on duration, for example, is necessary in epidemiological studies dealing with LBP. Physical workload might be more important than genetic factors in LBP.

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