Investigation of low back pain in a non-hospital population of the coastline of the State of São Paulo

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Low back pain is a prevalent complaint of multifactorial origins. To date, there have been no studies on the prevalence and characteristics of low back pain in the city of Santos, in the coastal region of the State of São Paulo, Brazil. The objective of the present study w...

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Main Authors: Janaína Macedo Malateaux, Flávia Rother Ricci, Yára Dadalti Fragoso
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira para o Estudo da Dor
Series:Revista Dor
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1806-00132011000100005&lng=en&tlng=en