Back pain prevalence and associated factors in children and adolescents: an epidemiological population study

ABSTRACT OBJECTIVE To identify the prevalence of back pain among Brazilian school children and the factors associated with this pain. METHODS All 1,720 schoolchildren from the fifth to the eight grade attending schools from the city of Teutonia, RS, Southern Brazil, were invited to participate i...

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Main Authors: Matias Noll, Cláudia Tarragô Candotti, Bruna Nichele da Rosa, Jefferson Fagundes Loss
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade de São Paulo 2016-01-01
Series:Revista de Saúde Pública
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0034-89102016000100219&lng=en&tlng=en