Does back and neck pain become more common as you get older? A systematic literature review

Chiropractic and Manual Therapies

Volumn 20, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Fejer, René ^a,b   Leboeuf Yde, Charlotte ^a,b  

^a LILLEBAELT HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Back pain; Elderly population; Low back pain; Neck pain; Systematic literature review

Indexed keywords

AGING; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; DATA ANALYSIS; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LOW BACK PAIN; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDLINE; NECK PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; RISK FACTOR; SAMPLE SIZE; SELF REPORT; SPINE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

EID: 84871239382     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2045709X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/2045-709X-20-24     Document Type: Article

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