[Stress on the lumbar spine in workers in the beer brewing industry].

Opterećenje lumbalne kraljeznice radnika pivarske industrije.

Publisher: Institut za medicinska istraz̆ivanja i medicinu rada Country of Publication: Croatia NLM ID: 0373100 Publication Model: Print Cited Medium: Print ISSN: 0004-1254 (Print) Linking ISSN: 00041254 NLM ISO Abbreviation: Arh Hig Rada Toksikol Subsets: MEDLINE

Publication: <2016>- : Zagreb, Croatia : Institut za medicinska istraz̆ivanja i medicinu rada
Original Publication: Zagreb, Croatia : Institute for Medical Research and Occupational Health

Occupational Diseases*/physiopathology; Low Back Pain/*etiology; Adult ; Beer ; Humans ; Low Back Pain/physiopathology ; Lumbar Vertebrae/physiopathology ; Male ; Middle Aged

The appearance of lumbal syndrome was analysed in two groups of workers in the "Zagrebacka pivovara" brewery. In a group of 23 workers whose mean age was 34 years and mean length of service 12 years, nine (39.1%) suffered from lumbal syndrome. In another group of 33 workers, with the mean age of 31 years and the mean length of service of nine years there were 24 (72.7%) suffering from the syndrome. According to Student's t-test the differences in age and length of service between the two groups were not significant (P > 0.05), but the difference in the number of ill was significant (P < 0.05). Analysis of the workplace showed that a heavy burden of the lumbal spine was involved, especially with the workers from the second group, and that ergonomic solutions were necessary.

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