Low back pain in schoolchildren: The role of mechanical and psychosocial factors

Archives of Disease in Childhood

Volumn 88, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 12-17

  Watson, K D ^a   Papageorgiou, A C ^a   Jones, G T ^a   Taylor, S ^a   Symmons, D P M ^a   Silman, A J ^a   Macfarlane, G J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CONDUCT DISORDER; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EMOTIONAL STRESS; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; LOW BACK PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PAIN; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SORE THROAT;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADOLESCENT; AFFECTIVE SYMPTOMS; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EMPLOYMENT; ENGLAND; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMANS; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; PHARYNGITIS; STRESS, MECHANICAL;

EID: 0037232565     PISSN: 00039888     EISSN: 14682044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/adc.88.1.12     Document Type: Article

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