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CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 · Rev Bras Ortop (Sao Paulo) 2023; 58(04): e592-e598
DOI: 10.1055/s-0043-1771482
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Low Back Pain in Medical Students and Professors During the Pandemic: Retrospective Cohort Study[*]

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Arthur Fiorotto de Mattos 
1   Estudante de Graduação em Medicina, Universidade Anhembi Morumbi, São Paulo (SP), Brazil
,
Natália Fortuny de Lima 
1   Estudante de Graduação em Medicina, Universidade Anhembi Morumbi, São Paulo (SP), Brazil
,
Marcelo Wajchenberg 
2   Membro do Centro de Excelência em Coluna, Programa Locomotor, Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
,
Delio Eulalio Martins 
2   Membro do Centro de Excelência em Coluna, Programa Locomotor, Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
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Abstract

Objective This study aimed to determine the prevalence of low back pain before and during the pandemic, comparing both periods.

Methods A questionnaire was administered, containing questions about the presence of low back pain, sociodemographic characteristics and environmental factors that could be related to such pain.

Results Among the 978 responses obtained, the prevalence of low back pain during the pandemic was 69.94%, which represented a significant increase over values from the pre-pandemic period (57.37%). A high prevalence of low back pain was found between all groups, especially among women. Some factors were associated with the incidence of low back pain, such as having previously diagnosed spinal problems and sedentary lifestyle.

Conclusions The prevalence of low back pain increased significantly during the pandemic in the studied groups.

Keywords

low back pain - students - pandemics - prevalence - risk factors

* Work developed in the Universidade Anhembi Morumbi, Sao Paulo, Brazil.


Authors' Contributions

Each author contributed individually and significantly to the development of this article. AFM (0000-0002-9419-7777)*: data curation (equal), investigation (equal), methodology (equal), writing-original draft (equal) and writing-review and editing (equal); NFL (0000-0002-3874-4588)*: data curation (equal), investigation (equal), methodology (equal), writing-original draft (equal) and writing-review and editing (equal); MW (0000-0003-1961-6537)*: conceptualization (equal), methodology (equal), project administration (equal), supervision (equal), writing-original draft (equal) and writing-review and editing (equal); and DEM (0000-0001-5510-3507)*: conceptualization (lead), data curation (equal). Investigation (equal), methodology (equal), project administration (equal), supervision (equal), writing-original draft (equal) and writing-review and editing (equal). *ORCID (Open Researcher and Contributor ID).




Publication History

Received: 25 June 2022

Accepted: 08 November 2022

Article published online:
30 August 2023

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