TY  - CHAP
M1  - Book, Section
TI  - Approach to Neck and Back Pain
A1  - Kinnaman, Karen
A1  - Senecal, Emily
A2  - Sherman, Scott C.
Y1  - 2014
N1  - 
T2  - Simon’s Emergency Orthopedics, 7e
AB  - Neck  and  back  pain  are  common  presenting  complaints  in  emergency  department  patients.  Approximately  70%  to  90%  of  individuals  will  experience  an  episode  of  back  pain  at  some  point  in  their  lifetime.1–3  In  a  survey,  26%  of  individuals  reported  low  back  pain  and  14%  reported  neck  pain  within  the  previous  3  months.4  In  addition  to  being  common,  back  pain  is  costly:  spine-related  expenditures  have  been  increasing  in  recent  years,  costing  $86  billion  in  the  United  States  in  2005.5,6  In  addition,  indirect  costs  related  to  days  lost  from  work  are  substantial,  with  approximately  2%  of  the  US  work  force  compensated  for  back  injuries  each  year.7  
SN  - 
PB  - McGraw-Hill Education
CY  - New York, NY
Y2  - 2024/04/18
UR  - accessemergencymedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1103536368
ER  -