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Association between V̇O2max, handgrip strength, and musculoskeletal pain among construction and health care workers

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Title
Association between V̇O2max, handgrip strength, and musculoskeletal pain among construction and health care workers
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BMC Public Health, March 2017
DOI 10.1186/s12889-017-4173-3
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Lene Lehmann Moberg, Lars-Kristian Lunde, Markus Koch, Anne Therese Tveter, Kaj Bo Veiersted

Abstract

Construction and health care workers have a high prevalence of musculoskeletal disorders, and they are assumed to have physically demanding jobs. Profession- and gender-specific associations between individual capacity and musculoskeletal pain have not been sufficiently investigated. The main aim of this study was to examine the association between individual capacity (maximal oxygen uptake (V̇O2max) and handgrip strength) and musculoskeletal pain among construction and health care workers. This cross-sectional study examined 137 construction and health care workers (58 women and 79 men) with a mean age of 41.8 years (standard deviation 12). Aerobic capacity was indirectly assessed by the Åstrand cycle test, and strength was assessed by a handgrip test. Musculoskeletal pain was described by total pain, divided into neck, shoulder, and low back pain, during the last 12 months, and it was dichotomized in below or above 30 days. Logistic regression was used to analyse the associations between V̇O2max, strength, and musculoskeletal pain in the total study sample and separately for construction and health care workers. Analyses were adjusted for age, gender, body mass index (BMI), and selected mechanical and psychosocial factors. Every second participant (51.8%) reported pain in either neck, shoulders or low back for more than 30 days during the last 12 months. Among the health care workers, a small but significant association was found between a high V̇O2max, high handgrip strength, and a low level of musculoskeletal pain. No association was found for the construction workers. An association between V̇O2max, handgrip strength, and musculoskeletal pain was found for health care workers but not for construction workers. These results indicate that activities promoting individual capacity may reduce musculoskeletal pain for health care workers.

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Country Count As %
Unknown 110 100%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Ph. D. Student 14 13%
Student > Master 13 12%
Student > Bachelor 10 9%
Student > Postgraduate 9 8%
Other 6 5%
Other 19 17%
Unknown 39 35%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Nursing and Health Professions 23 21%
Medicine and Dentistry 17 15%
Sports and Recreations 8 7%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 3 3%
Environmental Science 3 3%
Other 13 12%
Unknown 43 39%
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#15,451,618
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#11,415
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#134
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