Back, neck, and shoulder pain in Finnish adolescents: national cross sectional surveys

Back, neck, and shoulder pain in Finnish adolescents: national cross sectional surveys.

OBJECTIVES To study changes in pain of the back and neck in adolescents between 1985 and 2001 and pain of the neck, shoulder, and lower back between 1991 and 2001. DESIGN Biennial nationwide postal surveys, 1985-2001, and annual classroom surveys, 1996-2001. SETTING Finland. PARTICIPANTS 62 677 12, 14, 16, and 18 year olds and 127 217 14-16 year olds. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES Pain in the b...

Author's response to reviews Title:Time trends in single versus concomitant neck and back pain in Finnish adolescents: results from national cross-sectional surveys

Time trends in single versus concomitant neck and back pain in finnish adolescents: results from national cross-sectional surveys from 1991 to 2011

BACKGROUND Previous studies, in late 20th century, suggest an increase in the prevalence of neck pain and low back pain among children and adolescents, when neck and low back pain were studied separately. This study investigated time trends in adolescent spinal pain between 1991 and 2011 by classifying pain into the following three classes: neck pain alone, low back pain alone, and concomitant ...

Low Back Pain, Disability and Quality of Life in Nursing Personnel: A Cross-Sectional Study

Background and Purpose: Low back pain (LBP) is a world health problem and a major cause of disability. Also, LBP is a major occupational problem among nursing staff. The study is to determine low back pain, disability, quality of life (QOL) and the associations between LBP with job-related risk factors and dimensions of QOL in nurses. Materials and Methods:  In this study cross-sectional descr...

The Promise and Pitfalls of Using Crowdsourcing in Research Prioritization for Back Pain: Cross-Sectional Surveys

BACKGROUND The involvement of patients in research better aligns evidence generation to the gaps that patients themselves face when making decisions about health care. However, obtaining patients' perspectives is challenging. Amazon's Mechanical Turk (MTurk) has gained popularity over the past decade as a crowdsourcing platform to reach large numbers of individuals to perform tasks for a small ...