A 35-year trend analysis for back pain in Austria: the role of obesity.

The prevalence of back pain is constantly increasing and a public health problem of high priority. In Austria there is a lack of empirical evidence for the development of back pain and its related factors. The present study aims to investigate trends in the prevalence of back pain across different s...

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Main Authors: Franziska Großschädl, Wolfgang Freidl, Eva Rásky, Nathalie Burkert, Johanna Muckenhuber, Willibald J Stronegger
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4160246?pdf=render