Does occupational forward bending of the back increase long-term sickness absence risk? A 4-year prospective register-based study using device-measured compositional data analysis

• Main Authors: Nidhi Gupta (Author), Søren Skotte Bjerregaard (Author), Liyun Yang (Author), Mikael Forsman (Author), Charlotte Lund Rasmussen (Author), Charlotte Diana Nørregaard Rasmussen (Author), Els Clays (Author), Andreas Holtermann (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Nordic Association of Occupational Safety and Health (NOROSH), 2022-11-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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OBJECTIVE: Forward bending of the back is common in many jobs and a risk factor for sickness absence. However, this knowledge is based on self-reported forward bending that is generally imprecise. Thus, we aimed to investigate the dose-response relation between device-measured forward bending at wor...