Risk Factors Associated With Back Pain: A Cross-Sectional Study of 963 College Students

Journal of Manipulative and Physiological Therapeutics

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 88-95

  Gilkey, David P ^a   Keefe, Thomas J ^a   Peel, Jennifer L ^a   Kassab, Osama M ^b   Kennedy, Catherine A ^a  

^a Veterinary Dentistry and Oral Surgery   (United States)

^b Rocky Mountain Rage Hockey Club   (United States)

Author keywords

Back Pain; Chiropractic; Prevalence; Risk Factors; Students

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; COLLEGE STUDENT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EMOTION; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; UNIVERSITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BACK PAIN; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SPOUSE ABUSE; STUDENTS; UNIVERSITIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 76649115942     PISSN: 01614754     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmpt.2009.12.005     Document Type: Article

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