There was no evidence for the effectiveness of lumbar supports due to contradictory outcomes of the studies .
Thus there is limited evidence that education does not help to prevent back pain .
All three studies on exercise reported a positive result , indicating limited evidence for the effectiveness of exercise .
The review showed that there is limited evidence that exercise has some effect in the prevention of back pain and that education is not effective .
No conclusive evidence was found for or against the effectiveness of lumbar supports .
OBJECTIVE : To assess the effectiveness of lumbar supports , education , and exercise in the prevention of back pain in industry .
The Influence of Prophylactic Orthoses on Abdominal Strength and Low Back Injury in the Workplace
This study was design ed to determine the effect of multimodal intervention and the prevention of back injury , and to evaluate the adverse side effects of using a lumbosacral corset in the workplace . Subjects were 90 male warehouse workers r and omly selected from over 800 employees at a grocery distribution center . Subjects were assigned to three groups : true controls , no back school , no brace orthoses ; back school only ; and back school plus wearing a custom molded lumbosacral orthosis . Comparisons of pre-testing and 6-month follow-up posttesting for abdominal strength , cognitive data , work injury incidence and productivity and use of health care services were evaluated . Controls and training-only group showed no changes in strength productivity or lost time . Orthoses and training-group showed no changes in strength productivity or accident rate ; however , they showed substantially less lost time . This study supports the concept of using education and prophylactic bracing to prevent back injury and reduce time loss . It appears that the use of intermittent prophylactic bracing has no adverse affects on abdominal muscle strength and may contribute to decreased lost time from work injuries
There was no evidence for the effectiveness of lumbar supports due to contradictory outcomes of the studies .
Thus there is limited evidence that education does not help to prevent back pain .
All three studies on exercise reported a positive result , indicating limited evidence for the effectiveness of exercise .
The review showed that there is limited evidence that exercise has some effect in the prevention of back pain and that education is not effective .
No conclusive evidence was found for or against the effectiveness of lumbar supports .
OBJECTIVE : To assess the effectiveness of lumbar supports , education , and exercise in the prevention of back pain in industry .