Can Back Pain be Predicted? Featured
Predicting Acute Low Back Pain Vs. Chronic Low Back Pain
Low back pain is one of the most common and therefore costly medical problems in industrialized countries. By some estimates, up to 85 percent of Americans have experienced low back pain and research reported in The Journal of Pain showed that pain intensity ratings, pain location and sensory and affective variables differ among individuals with acute and chronic low back pain. In some cases, these factors might be predictive of which acute pain patients may develop chronic pain.
Americans have the lowest rate of walking throughout the entire world, according to a new study on health and fitness.
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