Epidemiology and impact of low-back pain

Spine

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 1980, Pages 133-142

  Kelsey, Jennifer L ^a,b   White, Augustus A ^a,b   Sci, Med ^b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Disc degeneration; Epidemiology; Fractures; Low back pain; Osteoarthrosis; Osteoporosis; Prolapsed disc; Spondylolisthesis

Indexed keywords

EPIDEMIOLOGY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; LOW BACK PAIN; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; PREVENTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SHORT SURVEY; SPINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BACK PAIN; DISLOCATIONS; EUROPE; FEMALE; FRACTURES; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DISPLACEMENT; JOINT DISEASES; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; NORTH AMERICA; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OSTEOARTHRITIS; OSTEOPOROSIS; SPINAL DISEASES; SPONDYLOLISTHESIS;

EID: 0018832283     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007632-198003000-00007     Document Type: Article

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