2006 Volume 12 Issue 1 Pages 50-54
In general, occupational health activities for coping work-related health hazards are summarized into controlling hazardous risk factors, decreasing risk exposures and health care activities. In case of work-related low back pain, many hazardous and risk factors (vibration exposoure, cold exposure, heavey material handlings, working postures, working time and so on) are related to occuring low back pain in the workplaces. And the degree of factor relatedness to low back pain differ in each occupation. Occupational professionals should analyze related factors for low back pain in the workplaces and provide proper and effective improvements. As the related risk factors for low back pain are multiple, provided improvements should be coping to these multiple risk factors. Furthermore, according to successful researches and activities, the improvements with employees' particitation could prevent and protect low back pain in the workplaces.
