Open AccessGlobal low back pain prevalence and years lived with disability from 1990 to 2017: estimates from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017
Author(s) -
Aimin Wu,
Lyn March,
Xuan-Qi Zheng,
Jie Huang,
Xiangyang Wang,
Jie Zhao,
Fiona Blyth,
Emma Smith,
Rachelle Buchbinder,
Damian Hoy
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
annals of translational medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2305-5847
pISSN - 2305-5839
DOI - 10.21037/atm.2020.02.175
Subject(s) - medicine , demography , burden of disease , prevalence , low back pain , disease , disease burden , population , environmental health , pathology , alternative medicine , sociology
Globally, LBP is the leading global cause of YLDs. Greater attention is urgently needed to mitigate this increasing burden and the impact it is having on health and social systems.
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