Linking physical activity to workers' low back pain, back health, and theory-based psychological variables: study protocol of the workHealth intensive longitudinal observational study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The high prevalence of low back pain (LBP) in today's working population and its substantial impact on quality of life call for preventive and sustainable strategies. Physical activity (PA), especially during leisure-time (LTPA), has been proposed as one of the few promising, active preventive measures against the onset of LBP. This is the protocol for the prospective observational study workHealth that aims to describe the patterns of PA among workers (including back posture and movement), examine the link between PA, LBP and back health and identify theory-based psychological determinants of LTPA.

Methods

The proposed study is a longitudinal observational study taking place over 2 months with an intensive-longitudinal ecological momentary assessment (EMA) phase.

SUBMITTER: Wilhelm LO 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11907918 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature