Selected back pain characteristics at follow up among members of the cohort without low back pain at baseline and for comparison all subjects of the Hamburg construction worker study at baseline
| Back pain characteristic | All subjects (n=571) | Cohort (n=230) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | % | n | % | ||||
| Low back pain | 286 | 50.1 | 71 | 30.9 | |||
| Low back pain during or after unusual movements or tasks | 195 | 34.2 | 52 | 22.6 | |||
| Permanent low back pain | 164 | 28.7 | 28 | 12.2 | |||
| Sudden attack of low back pain (lumbago) | 119 | 20.8 | 34 | 14.8 | |||
| Low back pain radiating to the leg (sciatic pain) | 104 | 18.2 | 24 | 10.4 | |||