One tenth of the world’s population suffers from back pain. This is the conclusion of a meta-study conducted by Dr Damian Hoy from the University of Queensland (Australia) and Dr Roy Burstein from the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, (University of Washington-USA) . They analyzed studies dedicated to back pain from 187 countries and found that the countries most affected by this debilitating disease were those in Western Europe, North Africa and the Middle East.
Low back pain, disabling disease and affects a tenth of the population
“A tenth of the world’s population, including children, suffer from low back pain, which is pain in the lower back. Low back pain even ranks first among pathologies in terms of years of life lived with a disability. We call low back pain common pain related to mechanical disorders of the spine which most often affect the lumbar spine (that is to say the succession of the 5 vertebrae of the lower back, located just above the coccyx and the sacrum) ” explains Dr Damian Hoy.
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In contrast, the countries of Latin America and the Caribbean seem spared from this phenomenon, even if researchers predict a sharp increase in back pain in low-income countries.
“Low back pain causes overall disability and this back pain tends to increase with age. With the aging of the population, it is urgent to continue research to better understand low back pain and find effective treatmentsConcludes Dr Damian Hoy of the University of Queensland.
Every year in France low back pain common causes temporary disability in 3 to 4% of the population and total disability in 1% of the working-age population. Low back pain is the chronic disease that causes the most time off work in people over 45 years of age. It is also the 3rd cause of chronic disability in 45-64 year olds.
