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Abstract

Objective: To find out the prevalence of low back pain and disabilities in food delivery riders.
Methodology: A cross-sectional study was done among male food delivery bike riders from companies of Food Panda and Cheetah with ages ranging between 20-40 years. Data was collected from different areas of Lahore. Data was taken from 180 food delivery riders. Informed consent was obtained before the data was recorded. Data was collected using the Visual Analogue Scale and Oswestry Disability Index scale, which is a descriptive data analysis for the prevalence of low back pain and disability done through SPSS (21).
Results: Results show that 83.33% of food delivery bike riders have low back pain. Results from the Oswestry Disability Index score indicate that our maximum population (69.33%) has a minimal physical disability.
Conclusion: This study concluded that more than 83.33% percent bike riders have low back pain, and Oswestry Disability Index results show that 69.33% have minimal, 20% have moderate, 8% have a severe physical disability, and 2.67% are in a crippled state.