Global low back pain prevalence and years lived with disability from 1990 to 2017: estimates from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017

Wu, Aimin; March, Lyn; Zheng, Xuan-Qi; Huang, Jinfeng; Wang, Xiangyang; Zhao, Jie; Blyth, Fiona; Smith, Emma; Buchbinder, Rachelle; Hoy, Damian

doi:10.21037/atm.2020.02.175

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Global low back pain prevalence and years lived with disability from 1990 to 2017: estimates from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017

Published in Annals of Translational Medicine • Mar 1, 2020

Authors:

Aimin Wu

Lyn March

Xuan-Qi Zheng

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Low back pain (LBP) is a common musculoskeletal problem globally. Updating the prevalence and burden of LBP is important for researchers and policy makers. This paper presents, compares and contextualizes the global prevalence and years lived with disability (YLDs) of LBP by age, sex and...

Subject

Medicine

Demography

Burden of disease

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