Prevalence and risk factors of disk-related sciatica in an urban population in Tunisia

Joint Bone Spine

Volumn 73, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 538-542

  Younes, Mohamed ^a   Béjia, Ismail ^a   Aguir, Zouhour ^a   Letaief, Mondher ^b   Hassen Zrour, Saoussen ^a   Touzi, Mongi ^a   Bergaoui, Naceur ^a  

^a Service de Rhumatologie   (Tunisia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MONASTIR   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

Disk related sciatica; Prevalence; Risk factors; Socioeconomic impact

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ANXIETY; ARAB; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISK RELATED SCIATICA; FEMALE; GENDER; HEALTH CARE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; ISCHIALGIA; JOB CHANGE; LUMBAR SPINE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MANUAL LABOR; MEDICAL LEAVE; OBESITY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMICS; SPINE DISEASE; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; STANDING; TUNISIA; URBAN POPULATION; VIBRATION; ECONOMICS; EMPLOYMENT; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK HERNIA; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DISPLACEMENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SCIATICA; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TUNISIA; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 33750584311     PISSN: 1297319X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbspin.2005.10.022     Document Type: Article

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