Risk factors for non-specific low back pain in schoolchildren and their parents: A population based study

Pain

Volumn 103, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 259-268

  Kovacs, Francisco M ^a   Gestoso, Mario ^a   Gil Del Real, María Teresa ^a   López, Javier ^a   Mufraggi, Nicole ^a   Méndez, José Ignacio ^b  

^a Fundacion Kovacs   (Spain)

^b Tec Avanzadas Invest Serv Salud   (Spain)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Epidemiology; Low back pain; Prevalence; Risk factors; School children

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENCE; ADOLESCENT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ANAMNESIS; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BED; BODY MASS; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EDUCATION; EUROPE; FATHER; FEMALE; HEREDITY; HUMAN; LEISURE; LOW BACK PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTHER; PARENT; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SCOLIOSIS; SELF REPORT; SEX RATIO; SITTING; SPORT; SWIMMING;

EID: 0038021191     PISSN: 03043959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3959(02)00454-2     Document Type: Article

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