The frequency and associated factors of low back pain among a younger population in Turkey

Spine

Volumn 29, Issue 14, 2004, Pages 1567-1572

  Çakmak, Ayşegül ^a,c   Yücel, Başak ^a   Özyalçin, Süleyman N ^b   Bayraktar, Bülent ^c   Ural, Halil Ibrahim ^a   Duruöz, M Tuncay ^d   Genç, Aysun ^a  

^a Dept of Phys Med and Rehab ^*  (Turkey)

^b Department of Anesthesiology   (Turkey)

^c ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^d CELAL BAYAR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL FACULTY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Associated factors; Epidemiology; Low back pain; Trauma; Young

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FALLING; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOW BACK PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; STUDENT; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BACK INJURIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; PHYSICAL FITNESS; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SPORTS; STUDENTS; TURKEY; UNIVERSITIES;

EID: 3242683246     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.BRS.0000131432.72531.96     Document Type: Article

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