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"Lumbalgia" is a sharp low back pain. It is among the first five morbidity causes in productive age, in Panama. In this case-control not matched study adjusted on the age, accomplished in the Caja de Seguro Social, the possible association was determined between some risk factors and the appearance of occupationallow back pain. The studied population was of 200 cases and their respective controls, being 82 male and 118 female. People that ignore the forms of prevention of occupationallumbalgia had 2.5 more times probability of appearance of the pathology (CI 95%, 1.2 5.2); the association between sex and lumbalgia appearance was random; the group with heavy occupations presented 3 times probability of lumbalgia appearance (CI 95%, 1.3-6.8); and the obese population had 2 more times probability of presenting occupational lumbalgia. (CI 95%, 1.04-3.84).
