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JEONG, Minseung et al. Occupational low back pain in resident physicians at Hospital Ángeles Mocel. Acta méd. Grupo Ángeles [online]. 2021, vol.19, n.2, pp.186-189.  Epub 23-Nov-2021. ISSN 1870-7203.  https://doi.org/10.35366/100440.

Low back pain is a medical term used to describe pain, muscle tension and/or stiffness in the lower back region. In Mexico, it has been observed that 13% of the population (age 20 to 59) that attends the Family Medicine Units of the IMSS manifests this type of pain. Occupational low back pain is characterized by pain of variable intensity and duration that can cause disability and occupational invalidity. The annual prevalence of low back pain among health personnel is approximately 77%. We conducted a prospective, observational, cross-sectional study in which we evaluated low back pain among residents of the surgical branch (orthopedics and traumatology, general surgery) and the non-surgical branch (internal medicine). The Oswestry and Roland Morris Test was applied to all participants at the beginning of the academic cycle with the intention of recognizing the degree of low back pain they presented, and the same test was applied after a year later. The residents in the surgical branch present an increase in low back pain compared to non-surgical residents with a p = 0.007. It is recommended that this line of research be continued in the future, emphasizing the risk factors among surgical residents.

Palavras-chave : Back pain; occupational back pain; medical residents.