The relationship beween posture and back muscle endurance in industrial workers with flexion-related low back pain

PB O'Sullivan, T Mitchell, P Bulich, R Waller, J Holte�- Manual therapy, 2006 - Elsevier
This preliminary cross-sectional study was undertaken to determine if there were
measurable relationships between posture, back muscle endurance and low back pain
(LBP) in industrial workers with a reported history of flexion strain injury and flexion pain
provocation. Clinical reports state that subjects with flexion pain disorders of the lumbar
spine commonly adopt passive flexed postures such as slump sitting and present with
associated dysfunction of the spinal postural stabilising musculature. However, to date there�…