Purpose Prolonged standing at work has been shown to be associated with a number of
potentially serious health outcomes, such as lower back and leg pain, cardiovascular …

While prolonged standing has shown to be detrimentally associated with musculoskeletal
symptoms, exposure limits and underlying mechanisms are not well understood. We …

Most research on sedentary lifestyle has focused on pain and disability, while
neuromuscular outcomes (postural control and strength) have received less attention. The …

Background An induced-pain paradigm has been used in back-healthy people to
understand risk factors for developing low back pain during prolonged standing. Objectives …

Objectives Low back pain (LBP) has a major impact on health workers, and its prevalence
and risk factors among them in Saudi Arabia have been investigated previously. However …

Objective: To systematically review the published studies that compare lower limb muscle
strength in patients with low back pain to matched healthy controls. Methods: We searched …

Abstract Background Standing Sewing Machine Operators (SSMOs) are engaged in highly
repetitive operations, and work while standing during their entire working hours. This leads …

With the recent attention to 'sitting disease', health practitioners and scientists are promoting
standing in the workplace to decrease sedentary time, despite a high prevalence of low back …

Introduction Globally, low back pain (LBP) is one of the greatest causes of disability. In
people with LBP, dysfunction of muscles such as the gluteus medius have been …

The objective of this study was to evaluate how different workstations may influence physical
behavior in office work through motion and how that may affect spinal loads and discomfort …