Incidence and trends of low back pain hospitalisation during military service - An analysis of 387,070 Finnish young males

BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders

Volumn 10, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Mattila, Ville M ^a,b   Sillanpää, Petri ^a   Visuri, Tuomo ^a   Pihlajamäki, Harri ^a,c  

^a CENTRE FOR MILITARY MEDICINE   (Finland)

^b Hameenlinna Central Hospital   (Finland)

^c Finnish Defence Forces ^*  (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR DISK HERNIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MILITARY SERVICE; PREVALENCE; TRAINING; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGE DISTRIBUTION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FINLAND; FITNESS; HOSPITALIZATION; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK HERNIA; OBESITY; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; PHYSIOLOGY; PROGNOSIS; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; REGISTER; SOLDIER; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGE FACTORS; CAUSALITY; FINLAND; HOSPITALIZATION; HOSPITALS, MILITARY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DISPLACEMENT; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MILITARY PERSONNEL; OBESITY; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PHYSICAL FITNESS; PROGNOSIS; REGISTRIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 60849083819     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712474     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2474-10-10     Document Type: Article

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