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Lower back pain (LBP) is experienced in 60%-80% of adults at some point in theirlifetime. Andersson (1999)1 estimated the annual worldwide LBP incidences inadults to be 15% and the point prevalence to be 30%. Papageorgiou et al. (1995)2stated that anLBP episode must have occurred in at least 50 percent of adults. Sometests have shown LBP to be one of the more frequent reasons for physicianvisits(Hart et al., 1995)3.LBP is seen as one of the main immobilizing health challenges among older peopleranging from the age group of 60 and above, resulting in painful conditions anddisability (Bain et al., 2015)4. LBP has no definite history but it originates fromdifferent pain sources (Middleton & Fish, 2009)5.Heneweer et al., (2012)6were ofthe view that work exposure to the human body such as lifting, twisting, bending, andstooping leads to body vibrations and are potential risk factors for LBP in older adultsin the working age. According to Cypress (1983)7, people aged 60 years and aboveare topping the list of people suffering from LBP. Leopoldino et al. (2016)8 reportedthat LBP prevalence in community-dwelling older adults in oneyear ranges from 13 to50% globally. Hides et al., (2001)9 reported that LBP is predicted to occur any timein their lives across 70% of the human population, and recurrence rates will reach85%. TarzianandHoffmann (2005)10 also report that 80% of older adults experiencemusculoskeletal pain with the majority attributed to LBP.