Prevalence of chronic low back pain: systematic review

OBJECTIVE To estimate worldwide prevalence of chronic low back pain according to age and sex.METHODS We consulted Medline (PubMed), LILACS and EMBASE electronic databases. The search strategy used the following descriptors and combinations: back pain, prevalence, musculoskeletal diseases, chronic mu...

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Main Authors: Rodrigo Dalke Meucci, Anaclaudia Gastal Fassa, Neice Muller Xavier Faria
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade de São Paulo 2015-01-01
Series:Revista de Saúde Pública
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0034-89102015000100408&lng=en&tlng=en