RT Book, Section
A1 Cohen, Steven P.
A1 Rowlingson, John
A1 Abdi, Salahadin
A2 Warfield, Carol A.
A2 Bajwa, Zahid H.
SR Print(0)
ID 3412674
T1 Chapter 28. Low Back Pain
T2 Principles & Practice of Pain Medicine, 2e
YR 2004
FD 2004
PB The McGraw-Hill Companies
PP New York, NY
SN 9780071443494
LK accessanesthesiology.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=3412674
RD 2024/04/19
AB In  modern  society,  one  would  be  hard-pressed  to  overestimate  the  impact  of  low  back  pain  (LBP).  The  costs  of  this  problem,  in  both  human  suffering  and  dollars,  are  staggering.  Although  figures  vary  widely,  the  lifetime  prevalence  of  LBP  is  usually  quoted  as  ranging  from  60%  to  85%,  with  an  annual  rate  of  about  5%.  In  one  recent  study,  the  point  prevalence  of  LBP  was  estimated  to  be  30%.