RT Book, Section
A1 Ma, Zheng Ben
A1 Miller, Emily Senecal
A2 Sherman, Scott C.
SR Print(0)
ID 1154631272
T1 Approach to Neck and Back Pain
T2 Simon's Emergency Orthopedics, 8e
YR 2019
FD 2019
PB McGraw-Hill Education
PP New York, NY
SN 9781259860829
LK accessemergencymedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1154631272
RD 2024/04/20
AB Neck  and  back  pain  are  among  the  most  common  presenting  complaints  in  emergency  department  (ED)  patients.  While  the  quoted  lifetime  prevalence  of  back  pain  varies  within  medical  literature,  approximate  figures  range  up  to  84%,  suggesting  the  vast  majority  of  individuals  will  experience  an  episode  of  back  pain  at  some  point  in  their  lifetime.1  On  a  global  scale,  neck  and  lower  back  pain  remained  the  leading  cause  of  disability  in  the  world  from  1990  to  2015.2  In  a  US-based  survey  involving  more  than  31,000  individuals,  low  back  pain  lasting  at  least  a  whole  day  in  the  past  3  months  was  reported  by  26.4%  of  respondents,  and  neck  pain  was  reported  by  13.8%.3