The course of low back pain from adolescence to adulthood: Eight-year follow-up of 9600 twins

Spine

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 468-472

  Hestbaek, Lise ^a,b   Leboeuf Yde, Charlotte ^a   Kyvik, Kirsten Ohm ^a   Manniche, Claus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b Back Research Center   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Development; Low back pain; Natural course; Teenagers

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENCE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ADULTHOOD; ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LOW BACK PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; TWINS;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT MEDICINE; ADULT; CHILD; DENMARK; DISEASES IN TWINS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGISTRIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 33644839876     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.brs.0000199958.04073.d9     Document Type: Article

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