What is it about?
This paper aims to study the relationship of the back pain level (according to Visual Analogue Scale [VAS]) and the practice of regular physical activity and Body Mass Index (BMI).
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Why is it important?
The low level of regular physical activity in young people, mainly university students, became a prob-lem of public health (Matsudo et al., 2002; Ruiz et al., 2005) associated with participation in any type of physical activity decreases significantly with increasing body mass index (BMI) (Camões & Lopes, 2007) may cause back pain.
Perspectives
These data allow us to demonstrate two of the many factors causing musculoskeletal back pain. This data is essential for health care profession-als, in particular the rehabilitation professionals, who can use this information to enable a reduc-tion factor of complaints of back pain.
Professor Gustavo Desouzart
Piaget Institute of Viseu
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This page is a summary of: Relationship between BMI, regular physical activity and musculoskeletal back pain indication in college students, March 2016, Taylor & Francis,
DOI: 10.1201/b21172-104.
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