A Study on Lumbago Among Farm Workers in Nagano Prefecture / 日本農村医学会雑誌

ABSTRACT

Recently, there have been signs of a rise in the number of farm workers with lumbago. The authors have surveyed and researched farm workers' complaints about lumbago and the relations among lumbago, farm work and daily life. The findings revealed that<BR>1) Complaints about lumbago are evidenthly greater among farm workers than other people.<BR>2) People with complaints about lumbago increase with age. Men and women in their 40s reach a peak.<BR>3) In terms of farm work, the rate of complaints about lumbago is great for forward-bending and half-sitting postures and for the carrying of heavy objects and the bending and stretching of the waist. In terms of the work environment, cold weather produces a great impact on the incidence and degeneration of lumbago.<BR>4) In checkups of people with lumbago, there are many cases with muscular and myofasiogenic lumbago.<BR>5) Complaints have something to do with an elapse of time. Daily calithenics is believed to the alleviation of complaints about lumbago.