title: Prevention of chronic back pain. The orthopaedic challenge for the 80's.
abstract: The author was the 1983 Sir Robert Jones Lecturer of the Hospital for Joint Diseases Orthopaedic Institute. This article is a slightly edited version of the speech he delivered in that capacity on October 28, 1983, at the annual scientific program of the Alumni Association.
mesh_terms: D001416:Back Pain / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D005544:Forecasting; D006801:Humans; D007405:Intervertebral Disc Displacement / Q000601:surgery; D009784:Occupational Diseases / Q000517:prevention & control; D009985:Orthopedics / Q000639:trends*; D005082:Physical Exertion; D011379:Prognosis; D012086:Reoperation; D012585:Sciatica / Q000601:surgery; D013169:Spondylolysis / Q000601:surgery