RISK FACTORS FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF LOW BACK PAIN IN 110 BOSNIANSTUDENTS FACULTY OF PHYSICAL EDUCATION AND SPORT.
Low back pain (LBP) presents a significant health problem in all countries. Physical inactivity and intensive sports activityhave been found to be associated with LBP. The aim of this study is the presents the data about the prevalence of LBP in young adults and its associations with vitality and physical activity.The study sample presented (n=25) of female students inthe chronological age of 21.44+3.30yrs, 22.7%, and (n=85) of male students in the chronological age of 21.19+1.62 yrs,72.2%. We used the questionnaire, which included the Graded Chronic Pain Scale (GCPS) for the evaluation of levels of chronic pain. With a short health survey (SF-36) we tried to measure the health status. A total of (n=110, 78.5%) of allstudents of Faculty of Physical Education and Sport had pain intensity at some point in last six months. Female studentsreported Intensity score for (n=21, 84.0%) higher prevalence of LBP, compared to the male students (n=64, 75.3%). Femalestudents reported Disability score for (n=15, 60.0%)higher prevalence of LBP, compared to the male students (n=50,58.8%). The impact of individual variables and showed that the highest and statistically most important influence of thecriteria variable were as followsCPI: quality bad, body mass index, your health in general is; DS: your health in general,hours of sport spend on average per week in the last six months.