Spine
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Meta Analysis
The prevalence of low back pain in the literature. A structured review of 26 Nordic studies from 1954 to 1993.
A systematic review was done for all prevalence studies on low back pain in the Nordic population between 1954 and 1992 that could be identified. ⋯ A more stringent, systematic, and uniform methodologic approach to studying the prevalence (or incidence) of back pain is needed.