Potential risk factors of persistent low back pain developing from mild low back pain in urban Japanese workers.

STUDY DESIGN: Two-year, prospective cohort data from the Japan epidemiological research of occupation-related back pain study in urban settings were used for this analysis. OBJECTIVE: To examine the association between aggravated low back pain and psychosocial factors among Japanese workers with mil...

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Main Authors: Ko Matsudaira, Hiroaki Konishi, Kota Miyoshi, Tatsuya Isomura, Kyoko Inuzuka
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3979726?pdf=render