[Isokinetic and functional lumbar evaluation in workers pensioned with disability].

Background: there were 13,371 disability reports in Jalisco during 2008 about lumbar spine injuries; most of them were permanent and required evaluation of lumbar capabilities. The objective was to evaluate the functionality of the lumbar spine through the Oswestry questionnaire and isokinetic evaluation in pensioners with lumbar injury.

Methods: a comparative study on 20 workers with disability status of lumbar injury was done.