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Low back pain risk factors in a large rural Australian Aboriginal community. An opportunity for managing co-morbidities?

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Title
Low back pain risk factors in a large rural Australian Aboriginal community. An opportunity for managing co-morbidities?
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Chiropractic & Manual Therapies, September 2005
DOI 10.1186/1746-1340-13-21
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Dein Vindigni, Bruce F Walker, Jennifer R Jamison, Cliff Da Costa, Lynne Parkinson, Steve Blunden

Abstract

Low back pain (LBP) is the most prevalent musculo-skeletal condition in rural and remote Australian Aboriginal communities. Smoking, physical inactivity and obesity are also prevalent amongst Indigenous people contributing to lifestyle diseases and concurrently to the high burden of low back pain.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
Germany 2 2%
Indonesia 1 <1%
Brazil 1 <1%
South Africa 1 <1%
Nigeria 1 <1%
Unknown 107 95%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Master 21 19%
Student > Postgraduate 12 11%
Student > Ph. D. Student 12 11%
Researcher 9 8%
Student > Bachelor 9 8%
Other 24 21%
Unknown 26 23%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 32 28%
Nursing and Health Professions 21 19%
Social Sciences 8 7%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 6 5%
Psychology 3 3%
Other 11 10%
Unknown 32 28%