Low back pain: a call for action

Rachelle Buchbinder; Maurits W. van Tulder; Birgitta Öberg; Lucíola da Cunha Menezes Costa; Anthony D. Woolf; Mark L. Schoene; Peter Croft; Rachelle Buchbinder; Jan Hartvigsen; Dan Cherkin; Nadine E. Foster; Christopher G. Maher; Martin Underwood; Maurits W. van Tulder; Johannes R. Anema; Roger Chou; Stephen P. Cohen; Lucíola da Cunha Menezes Costa; Peter Croft; Manuela Ferreira; Paulo H. Ferreira; Julie M. Fritz; Stéphane Genevay; Douglas P. Gross; Mark J. Hancock; Damian Hoy; Jaro Karppinen; Bart W. Koes; Alice Kongsted; Quinette Louw; Birgitta Öberg; Wilco C. Peul; Glenn Pransky; Mark L. Schoene; Joachim Sieper; Rob Smeets; Judith A. Turner; Anthony D. Woolf

doi:10.1016/s0140-6736(18)30488-4

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Call to actionLow back painAction (physics)PopulationBack painMedicineGlobal populationPopulation ageingLow incomeGerontologyPhysical medicine and rehabilitationPhysical therapyDemographic economicsEnvironmental healthAlternative medicineBusinessEconomicsPathology

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Year: 2018
Type: article
Volume: 391
Issue: 10137
Pages: 2384-2388
Citations: 1174
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                                    Rachelle Buchbinder, 
                                
                                    Maurits W. van Tulder, 
                                
                                    Birgitta Öberg
                                
                                et al.
                            
                            (2018). 
                            Low back pain: a call for action. 
                            The Lancet
                            , 391
                            (10137)
                            , 2384-2388.
                            https://doi.org/10.1016/s0140-6736(18)30488-4
                        

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DOI: 10.1016/s0140-6736(18)30488-4