Low back pain disorders

I am a second year physio student currently working on coursework titled 'good muscle function is a primary defence against pain and recurrent low back pain disorders'. I am trying to critically evaluate this statement. I can find lierature emphasising the importance of good muscle function but need something which is evidence based and something which covers the other factors which can cause back pain e.g poor posture, ergonomic factors, genetic causes etc etc. Any help in this area would be very gratefully appreciated.

Hi again, If you look up Ostgaard (i think/hope) a great deal of work has been done on pregnancy, and I seem to remember that there is an article on posture and it's lack of relevance to pain.....sam
By the way a point of note re ergonomics.....if anyone has any evidence/studies showing that the massive increase in this area and ergonomists jobs etc, has done any good at all i would be interested....
sam

Try looking up references about the McKenzie technique. There has been lots of research based on this technique and relating it to transversus abdominus and other spinal stability muscles.