Nonspecific low back pain in 5000 Iranian school-age children

Journal of Pediatric Orthopaedics

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 126-129

  Mohseni Bandpei, Mohammad A ^a   Bagheri Nesami, Masumeh ^a   Shayesteh Azar, Masoud ^a  

^a MAZANDARAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Low back pain; Prevalence; Risk factors; Schoolchildren

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY POSITION; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IRAN; LEISURE; LIFESTYLE; LOW BACK PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZATION; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; TELEVISION;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRAN; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 33847222113     PISSN: 02716798     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BPO.0b013e3180317a35     Document Type: Article

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