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This study assessed the prevalence of LBP among car drivers with the wrong driving position in Taif.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Methodology:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>A cross-sectional study using an electronic questionnaire in English translated to Arabic, which included questions about driving with wrong postures, lower back pain, and its correlation.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      91.1% of participants satisfied our inclusion criteria for the data analysis. The prevalence of lower back pain in this study was about 44.1% (\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">n<\/jats:italic>\n                      = 659). It was more among those aged &gt;40 years (50.9%) compared to other age groups, which showed a statistically significant association (\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">P<\/jats:italic>\n                      &lt; 0.001). It was found that 54.4% (\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">n<\/jats:italic>\n                      = 813) had been driving in a wrong posture, and there was a strong association observed between this wrong posture and LBP (51.8%) (\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">P<\/jats:italic>\n                      &lt; 0.001).\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusion:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>The prevalence of LBP was high among drivers. 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