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Worldwide, the population over the age of 60 years will double by 2050 [11]. As people live longer, increasing numbers will live with and die from multi-morbidity, frailty, and chronic […]
Learn More >Self-management can have different interpretations or understandings of different actors in the health care system. To people living with pain, it may refer to behaviours, strategies, and activities to improve […]
Learn More >All children with new-onset back pain and especially children below the age of 10 years need a workup to rule out a serious medical condition Infections, solid tumors, physical trauma, […]
Learn More >Lower back pain has a high prevalence in older persons. The prevalence ranges between 21% and 75%. This leads to a huge burden with functional disability in 60% of these […]
Learn More >Low back pain is a significant socioeconomic burden worldwide Since 1990 when the Global Burden of Disease Project was launched, low back pain has consistently ranked among the top ten […]
Learn More >Introduction Patient education, reassurance and self-care advice is the first-line care for patients with back and musculoskeletal pain and is recommended by clinical guidelines [1, 2]. Educational interventions for back […]
Learn More >Health Disparity and Health Equity Health disparity is defined as “a particular type of health difference that is closely linked with economic, social, or environmental disadvantage” [40]. Health equity is […]
Learn More >Chronic low back pain (CLBP) is among the most common clinical, social, economic, and public health problems of all chronic pain disorders across the world [1]. In addition to its […]
Learn More >Top 10 Things to Know Everyone with back pain is different. Not all back pain is the same. Treatment should relieve suffering, and aim to achieve functional goals. Different treatments […]
Learn More >Introduction Back pain is a common problem among working adults. More than 1 in 4 working adults report current back pain [1]. Some episodes of back pain may be precipitated […]
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