Physical workload and accelerated occurrence of lumbar spine diseases: risk and rate advancement periods in a German multicenter case-control study

• Main Authors: Andreas Seidler (Author), Ulrike Euler (Author), Ulrich Bolm-Audorff (Author), Rolf Ellegast (Author), Joachim Grifka (Author), Johannes Haerting (Author), Matthias Jäger (Author), Martina Michaelis (Author), Oliver Kuss (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Nordic Association of Occupational Safety and Health (NOROSH), 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z.
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OBJECTIVE: In a German multicenter case-control study of lumbar disc diseases, we calculated risk and rate advancement periods (RAP) for physical workload. METHODS: Patients aged 25-70 years with clinically and radiologically verified lumbar disc herniation (286 males, 278 females) or symptomatic lu...