The Prevalence of Low Back Pain Among Children and Adolescents
SpinePublished 1 May 1997
Simo Taimela, Urho M. Kujala, JJ Salminen, Tero Viljanen
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Low back pain is a relatively common complaint at adolescence among Finnish children and adolescents, and a significant part of the pains are recurrent or chronic already with 14‐year‐old adolescents.
Abstract
Low back pain is a relatively common complaint at adolescence. In addition, a significant part of the pains are recurrent or chronic already with 14-year-old adolescents.
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