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Back Pain in Children

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The Growing Spine

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Low back pain in the adult population of the Western world is a major problem and includes personal, healthcare and socioeconomic factors [7]. On the other hand, backache in children and adolescent was considered to be a rare and serious condition in the past and in the majority of cases because of tumour infection or systemic disease. In recent years, however, several epidemiological studies have revealed a high prevalence of back pain among children. These findings have stimulated several epidemiological studies with the aim of detecting possible risk factors, in which young people could also predict back pain in adulthood. Currently, one study claims that the roots of adult back problems lie in the youth [16].

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  1. Orthopaedic Surgery, San Diego Medical Director, San Diego Center for Spinal Disorders, University of California, 4130 La Jolla, Village Drive, La Jolla, CA, 92037, USA

    Behrooz A. Akbarnia MD

  2. Orthopaedic Surgery Department of Orthopaedics & Traumatology, Hacettepe University, 06100 Sihhiye, Ankara, Turkey

    Muharrem Yazici MD

  3. Pediatric Orthopaedics Rainbow Babies & Children’s Hospital, Case Western Reserve University, 11000 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH, 44106-6003, USA

    George H. Thompson MD

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Poussa, M. (2011). Back Pain in Children. In: Akbarnia, B.A., Yazici, M., Thompson, G.H. (eds) The Growing Spine. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-85207-0_9

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