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Therefore, individuals who develop discomfort from repetitive, prolonged and\/or loaded flexed or slouched postures may benefit from a greater awareness of how to control and\/or modify their spinal posture to avoid irritating their backs in these situations. This study was therefore designed to test the ability of spine-oriented verbal instructions to reduce intersegmental spine flexion during three lifting tasks. The lifts were first performed without any instructions on lifting technique. An audio recording was then played with instructions to limit bending in the lower back before repeating the lifts. Following the verbal instructions, maximum spine flexion angles significantly (p &lt; 0.05) decreased at intersegmental levels in the lower thoracic and upper lumbar (T8\/T9 to L2\/L3) regions, but no significant changes were observed at the lower lumbar levels (L3\/L4 to L5\/S1). 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