A systematic review of the global prevalence of low back pain

Arthritis and Rheumatism

Volumn 64, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 2028-2037

  Hoy, Damian ^a   Bain, Christopher ^a   Williams, Gail ^a   March, Lyn ^b   Brooks, Peter ^c   Blyth, Fiona ^b   Woolf, Anthony ^d   Vos, Theo ^a   Buchbinder, Rachelle ^e,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^d PENINSULA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^e CABRINI INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^f MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HUMAN; IMMOBILIZATION; INCOME; LOW BACK PAIN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; SEX FACTORS; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 84861837610     PISSN: 00043591     EISSN: 15290131     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/art.34347     Document Type: Review

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