Low back pain in the teaching profession: a comparison between secondary and special schools
Item
- Title
- Low back pain in the teaching profession: a comparison between secondary and special schools
- Author(s)
- Crook Jennifer
- Abstract
- The aim of this study was to investigate the incidence of low back pain in the teaching profession, to identify specific risk factors and to see if the incidence varied across the profession depending on the type of school taught in. This was achieved by78 teachers completing questionnaires about their personal and occupational habits. The questionnaires were completed by teachers in secondary schools and special to test cross professional variation. The results were analysed with descriptive statistics, confidence intervals and chi-squared tests. Confidence intervals showed: · The one month and one year prevalence of low back pain in teachers to be greater than that of the general population, as compared to the ONS Omnibus Survey. · The overall incidence of low back pain for the general public fell within the bottom end of the confidence interval for that of teachers. The following tasks performed within the job were highlighted as having an effect on low back pain but not to a statistically significant level. 1. Prolonged standing 2. Sitting on small chairs 3. Lifting 4. Bending 5. Pushing wheelchairs 6. Blackboard use Also demonstrated in this study was the fact that special school teachers suffered from low back pain on a morefrequent basis and were more likely to have had an injury in the workplace which preceded the low back pain than secondary school teachers.
- presented at
- British College of Osteopathic Medicine
- Date Accepted
- 2002
- Date Submitted
- 1.11.2003 00:00:00
- Type
- undergraduate_project
- Language
- English
- Number of pages
- 111
- Submitted by:
- 62
- Pub-Identifier
- 12991
- Inst-Identifier
- 1076
- Keywords
- Teachers,Visceral osteopathy
- Recommended
- 0
- Item sets
- Thesis
Crook Jennifer, “Low back pain in the teaching profession: a comparison between secondary and special schools”, Osteopathic Research Web, accessed April 23, 2025, https://library.wso.at/s/orw/item/1347