Epidemiology of low back pain.

By L. Manchikanti. Pain Physician, 2000

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Clinical Effectiveness and Cost-Effectiveness of Treatments for Patients With Chronic Pain (2002, background): “Weighting the percentages by the sample size and aggregating across studies reveal that the rates of back pain in these countries averages approximately 34%, almost twice that reported in surveys conducted in the less developed countries noted previously.(2) Several epidemiologic studies have been p”
Global low back pain prevalence and years lived with disability from 1990 to 2017: estimates from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017 (2020, background): “Many of the risk factors (such as obesity, increased motorization and work-related issues) associated with LBP identified in those highincome countries are also present in developing countries (1,4,35,36).”
Chronic pain may change the structure of the brain. (2008, background): “70–85% of all people have experienced back pain at some point in their lifetime [2].”