Risk factors for low back pain amongst adults in Nigeria and South Africa: a systematic review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The burden on the individual, society and healthcare providers of low back pain in the western world is well documented. Globalisation and urbanisation, it has been reported, has led to an increase in low back pain in developing countries such as those situated in Sub-Saharan Africa. Low back pain determinants are framed, according to the individual, social and cultural context. The aim of this systematic review was to determine the risk factors of low back pain in Nigeria and South Africa, whose growing and modernising economies operate alongside more traditional labour-intensive practices provide a comparison for modern-day Sub-Saharan Africa.

Methods

Study eligibility included: etiological studies (whose primary objective is to explore/determine risk factors of

SUBMITTER: Fay M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11600746 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature