Scandinavian journal of primary health care
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To investigate the prevalence of back pain in a general population aged between 20 and 59 years. ⋯ The prevalence of back problems in the vocational ages was found to be 23%. Only small parts of a pain population are on sick-leave or have changed working tasks because of back problems. The distribution of pain in most cases is combined with radiation to extremities and not isolated to a single region. The combination of different localisations shows the pain problem to be more than just a "low back" problem.