TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Low Back Pain A1 - Lee, Anthony C. A1 - Cohen, Steven P. A1 - Abdi, Salahadin A2 - Bajwa, Zahid H. A2 - Wootton, R. Joshua A2 - Warfield, Carol A. Y1 - 2016 N1 - T2 - Principles and Practice of Pain Medicine, 3e AB - Low back pain (LBP) is the leading cause of disability in adults under 45 years of age, the second most common cause of missed work days after upper respiratory conditions, and the fifth most common reason for all visits to a physician. It is the number-one most common pain condition, the second being headaches. Jobs that are thought to increase the risk of low back pain include nursing, construction, factory work, farm work, law enforcement, firefighting, sanitation, sedentary office work, nursery school teaching, and occupational driving. Low back pain is the leading cause of expenditures for workers’ compensation. The economic burden for low back pain to American society is up to $200 billion annually, with one-third of this total occurring as direct medical costs and the remainder from lost productivity. Approximately 5% of low back pain patients account for 75% of these costs. Chronic pain of all types, including low back pain, costs American society up to $635 billion annually in both medical costs and lost productivity. SN - PB - McGraw-Hill Education CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/03/28 UR - neurology.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1131933461 ER -