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Abstract
The economic burden of low back pain (LBP) is very large and appears to be growing.
It is not possible to impact this burden without understanding the strengths and weaknesses
of the research on which these costs are calculated.
Title:
The spine journal : official journal of the North American Spine Society
Publisher:
Elsevier BV
ISSN: 1529-9430
ISSN
(Print):
1529-9430
Publication date
(Electronic):
January
1 2008
Volume: 8
Issue: 1
Affiliations
[1
]
Division of Orthopaedic Surgery and Department of Epidemiology and Community Medicine,
Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada. simon@camresearch.com