Prevalence and characteristics of upper or mid-back pain in Finnish men

Spine

Volumn 31, Issue 16, 2006, Pages 1846-1849

  Niemeläinen, Riikka ^a,b   Videman, Tapio ^a   Battié, Michele C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Low back pain; Mid back pain; Neck pain; Prevalence; Upper back pain

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; COMORBIDITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LOW BACK PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NECK PAIN; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ADULT; AGED; BACK PAIN; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FINLAND; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NECK PAIN; PREVALENCE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 33746075162     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.brs.0000226022.05420.1f     Document Type: Article

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