At what age does low back pain become a common problem? A study of 29,424 individuals aged 12-41 years

Spine

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 228-234

  Leboeuf Yde, Charlotte ^a,b   Kyvik, Kirsten Ohm ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b NORDIC INSTITUTE OF CHIROPRACTIC AND CLINICAL BIOMECHANICS   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Adult; Child; Epidemiology; Low back pain; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INCIDENCE; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; ONSET AGE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; SCHOOL CHILD; TWIN ZYGOSITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; BACK PAIN; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DENMARK; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; PREVALENCE; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0032518505     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007632-199801150-00015     Document Type: Article

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