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Occupational exposure to whole-body vibration and neck pain in the Swedish general population
Umeå University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Public Health and Clinical Medicine, Section of Sustainable Health.ORCID iD: 0000-0001-6082-8465
Umeå University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Public Health and Clinical Medicine, Section of Sustainable Health.ORCID iD: 0000-0001-7077-2389
Department of Geriatrics, Faculty of Medicine and Health, Örebro University, Örebro, Sweden.
Umeå University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Public Health and Clinical Medicine, Section of Sustainable Health.ORCID iD: 0000-0002-2359-509X
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2024 (English)In: Ergonomics, ISSN 0014-0139, E-ISSN 1366-5847, Vol. 67, no 2, p. 136-147Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

The primary aim of this study was to determine if occupational exposure to whole-body vibration (WBV) was associated with reporting neck pain. A cross-sectional study was conducted on a sample of the general population living in northern Sweden, aged 24-76 years. Data was retrieved through a digital survey that collected subjectively reported information on exposure to WBV and biomechanical exposures as well as neck pain. The study included 5,017 participants (response rate 44%). Neck pain was reported by 269 men (11.8%) and 536 women (20.2%). There was a statistically significant association between reporting occupational exposure to WBV half the time or more (adjusted OR 1.91; 95% CI 1.22-3.00) and reporting neck pain. In gender-stratified analyses, the same pattern was observed in men, while there were too few women to determine any association. We conclude that occupational exposure to whole-body vibration was associated with neck pain in men.

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Taylor & Francis Group, 2024. Vol. 67, no 2, p. 136-147
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Neck pain, Sweden, ergonomics, occupational health, vibration
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Occupational Health and Environmental Health
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URN: urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-208386DOI: 10.1080/00140139.2023.2210792ISI: 000985155500001PubMedID: 37161844Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85159142546OAI: oai:DiVA.org:umu-208386DiVA, id: diva2:1758592
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Region Västerbotten, 967266Region Västerbotten, 967867Region Västerbotten, 979090Region Västerbotten, 980109Visare Norr, 939839Visare Norr, 968706Available from: 2023-05-23 Created: 2023-05-23 Last updated: 2024-07-02Bibliographically approved

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