RT Book, Section
A1 Kinnaman, Karen
A1 Senecal, Emily
A2 Sherman, Scott C.
SR Print(0)
ID 1103536368
T1 Approach to Neck and Back Pain
T2 Simon’s Emergency Orthopedics, 7e
YR 2014
FD 2014
PB McGraw-Hill Education
PP New York, NY
SN 978-0-07-181965-7
LK accessphysiotherapy.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1103536368
RD 2024/04/19
AB Neck  and  back  pain  are  common  presenting  complaints  in  emergency  department  patients.  Approximately  70%  to  90%  of  individuals  will  experience  an  episode  of  back  pain  at  some  point  in  their  lifetime.1–3  In  a  survey,  26%  of  individuals  reported  low  back  pain  and  14%  reported  neck  pain  within  the  previous  3  months.4  In  addition  to  being  common,  back  pain  is  costly:  spine-related  expenditures  have  been  increasing  in  recent  years,  costing  $86  billion  in  the  United  States  in  2005.5,6  In  addition,  indirect  costs  related  to  days  lost  from  work  are  substantial,  with  approximately  2%  of  the  US  work  force  compensated  for  back  injuries  each  year.7