Prevalence of low back pain in Iranian nurses: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Abstract Background Low back pain (LBP) as a musculoskeletal disorder is one of the most common occupational injuries in nurses but there isn’t any valid measure of the prevalence of LBP in Iranian nursing. In order to increase the power and improve the estimates of the prevalence of LBP in Iranian...

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Main Authors: Yosra Azizpour, Ali Delpisheh, Zahra Montazeri, Kourosh Sayehmiri
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2017-09-01
Series:BMC Nursing
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12912-017-0243-1