A systematic review of the global prevalence of low back pain
The University of Queensland · The University of Sydney · +4 more institutions
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Abstract
Objective
To perform a systematic review of the global prevalence of low back pain, and to examine the influence that case definition, prevalence period, and other variables have on prevalence.
Methods
We conducted a new systematic review of the global prevalence of low back pain that included general population studies published between 1980 and 2009. A total of 165 studies from 54 countries were identified. Of these, 64% had been published since the last comparable review.
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Keywords
- Medicine
- Low back pain
- Prevalence
- Back pain
- Systematic review
- Population
- Demography
- Epidemiology
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