Global Burden of Disease Estimates of Low Back Pain: Time to Consider and Assess Certainty?

Javier Muñoz Laguna

doi:10.3389/ijph.2024.1606557

Global Burden of Disease Estimates of Low Back Pain: Time to Consider and Assess Certainty?

Int J Public Health. 2024 Feb 14:69:1606557. doi: 10.3389/ijph.2024.1606557. eCollection 2024.

Author

Javier Muñoz Laguna^{1

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Affiliations

¹ EBPI-UWZH Musculoskeletal Epidemiology Research Group, University of Zurich and Balgrist University Hospital, Zurich, Switzerland.
² Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Prevention Institute (EBPI), University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.
³ University Spine Centre Zurich (UWZH), Balgrist University Hospital and University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.

No abstract available

Keywords: GRADE; GRADE approach; disease burden; global burden of disease; low back pain.

Publication types

Editorial

MeSH terms

Global Burden of Disease
Global Health
Humans
Low Back Pain* / epidemiology

Grants and funding

JML’s doctoral position is funded by the European Centre for Chiropractic Research Excellence (ECCRE). JML was supported, in part, by the European Cooperation in Science and Technology (COST Action CA18218 virtual mobility Grant No. CA18218-6a68cbf4). JML reports funding from the Graduate Campus of the University of Zurich, outside the submitted work.