Abstract
INTRODUCTION Low back pain is highly prevalent among the professional rescuers. Previous studies found that almost 96% of ambulance officers and over 80% of nurses experienced a back discomfort during or after the cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) procedure. The cause of their back injury was related to the CPR delivery [1]. Chest compression in the procedure is an important step to maintain circulation. It is also a repetitive and laborious movement which is prone to cause low back injury. Despite the prevalence of pain, the relationship between trunk muscle activity during CPR and the risk of musculoskeletal injury was poorly understood. Surface EMG-based methods provide an easy access to the physiological processes that cause muscles to generate force and to produce movement. Therefore, the aim of this study is to investigate the patterns of trunk muscle activity for the manual chest compression during CPR.
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