The 2018 Lancet Low Back Pain Series, comprising 3 papers written by 31 authors from
disparate disciplines and 12 different countries, raised unprecedented awareness of the …

Low back pain is a very common symptom. It occurs in high-income, middle-income, and low-
income countries and all age groups from children to the elderly population. Globally, years …

Every year one in five adults will have low back pain. 1 Even in silent sufferers (ie, those not
seeking treatment), the back is the second most frequent location of pain. 2 Acute episodes …

Low back pain is the leading worldwide cause of years lost to disability and its burden is
growing alongside the increasing and ageing population. 1 Because these population shifts …

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Non-specific low back pain affects people of all ages and is a leading contributor to disease
burden worldwide. Management guidelines endorse triage to identify the rare cases of low …

Many clinical practice guidelines recommend similar approaches for the assessment and
management of low back pain. Recommendations include use of a biopsychosocial …

Non-specific low back pain has become a major public health problem worldwide. The
lifetime prevalence of low back pain is reported to be as high as 84%, and the prevalence of …

Background Low back pain is the leading cause of disability worldwide and a common
presentation to emergency departments, often resulting in subsequent admissions to …

Purpose This article summarizes relevant findings related to low back and neck pain from
the Global Burden of Disease (GBD) reports for the purpose of informing the Global Spine …