Low back pain: a call for action
One page on PainSci cites Buchbinder 2018: The Complete Guide to Low Back Pain
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Low back pain is the leading worldwide cause of years lost to disability and its burden is growing alongside the increasing and ageing population.1 Because these population shifts are more rapid in low-income and middle-income countries, where adequate resources to address the problem might not exist, the effects will probably be more extreme in these regions. Most low back pain is unrelated to specific identifiable spinal abnormalities, and our Viewpoint, the third paper in this Lancet Series,2,3 is a call for action on this global problem of low back pain.
related content
- “Prevention and treatment of low back pain: evidence, challenges, and promising directions,” Foster et al, Lancet, 2018.
- “What low back pain is and why we need to pay attention,” Hartvigsen et al, Lancet, 2018.
- “Whole of community pain education for back pain. Why does first-line care get almost no attention and what exactly are we waiting for?,” Moseley, British Journal of Sports Medicine, 2018.
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