title: [Epidemiology of low back pain].
abstract: Epidemiology of low back pain, that is, the study of the incidence and prevalence of the pain is essential for detecting the degree of time and physical loss in a person or a society, and for making a project to minimize the loss. For carrying out the study, definition of low back pain is important to understand correctly the real state and comparing the variable data resulting from different studies.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Tohoku University School of Medicine.
authors.forename: Yasuhisa
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Tanaka
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007564:Japan / Q000453:epidemiology; D017116:Low Back Pain / Q000453:epidemiology*; D008297:Male; D015995:Prevalence