Modulação genética e influência de diferentes atividades físicas na dor lombar crônica: estudo de gêmeos

• Ano de defesa: 2014
• Autor(a) principal: Lima, Thaís de Sousa [UNESP]
• Tipo de documento: Dissertação
• Tipo de acesso: Acesso aberto
• Idioma: por
• Instituição de defesa: Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp)
• Palavras-chave em Português: Fisioterapia; Dor lombar; Hereditariedade - Estudo de casos; Gemeos - Estudo de casos; Physical therapy
• Link de acesso: http://hdl.handle.net/11449/113822

Low back pain is as multifactorial disorder regarding its etiology, which is influenced by lifestyle habits such as physical activity and genetic factors. Although physical activities being recognized in the guidelines for the treatment of low back pain, there is a lack of consistency about the type and intensity how physical activities should be implemented for this purpose. Moreover, it is not well understood the potential effect of the interaction between different types of physical activities on low back pain and chronic low back pain. Our study aimed to investigate the association between physical activity practised as light walking, recreational physical activity, and physical activity in the form of domestic activities on chronic low back pain through a twin study design and a co-twin control analysis for discordant pairs of twins for the outcome chronic low back pain. It was a cross-sectional survey using a sample of twins registered in the Australian Twin Registry and applying an electronic questionnaire addressing questions related to different forms of engagement in physical activity and data related to chronic low back pain...