PAIN-BACK PAIN, US EPIDEMIOLOGY
SUMMARY
1. Approximately 25% of Americans report at least 1 day of low back pain in the last 3 months, and 14% have similar reports of neck pain[1].
2. Low back pain is the main reason that patients younger than 45 years limit their activities[2][3].
3. Although 90% of episodes of low back pain resolve within 6 weeks, there is a 60% to 80% rate of recurrence within 2 years[4].
4. Direct costs of low back pain have been estimated to be between $20-$50 billion annually, with indirect costs > $100 billion[5][6][7].
Reference(s)
- ↑ Deyo RA, Mirza SK, Martin BI: Back pain prevalence and visit rates: estimates from U.S. national surveys, 2002, Spine (Phila Pa 1976) 31(23):2724-2727, 2006.
- ↑ Bratton RL: Assessment and management of acute low back pain, Am Fam Physician 60(8):2299-2308, 1999.
- ↑ Lively MW: Sports medicine approach to low back pain, South Med J 95(6):642-646, 2002.
- ↑ UMHS. UMHS low back pain guideline update 2003. Available at: http://cme.med.umich.edu/pdf/guideline/backpain03.pdf. Accessed May 14, 2009.
- ↑ UMHS. UMHS low back pain guideline update 2003. Available at: http://cme.med.umich.edu/pdf/guideline/backpain03.pdf. Accessed May 14, 2009.
- ↑ Deyo RA: Low-back pain, Sci Am 279(2):48-53, 1998.
- ↑ Nachemson AL: Newest knowledge of low back pain: a critical look, Clin Orthop Relat Res (279):8-20, 1992.
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