Journal article
The global burden of neck pain: Estimates from the global burden of disease 2010 study
D Hoy, L March, A Woolf, F Blyth, P Brooks, E Smith, T Vos, B Jan, J Blore, C Murray, R Burstein, R Buchbinder
Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases | Published : 2014
Abstract
Objective To estimate the global burden of neck pain. Methods Neck pain was defined as pain in the neck with or without pain referred into one or both upper limbs that lasts for at least 1 day. Systematic reviews were performed of the prevalence, incidence, remission, duration and mortality risk of neck pain. Four levels of severity were identified for neck pain with and without arm pain, each with their own disability weights. A Bayesian meta-regression method was used to pool prevalence and derive missing age/sex/region/year values. The disability weights were applied to prevalence values to derive the overall disability of neck pain expressed as years lived with disability (YLDs). YLDs ha..
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Awarded by Australian National Health and Medical Research Council
Funding Acknowledgements
Supported by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (to Dr Hoy, Dr Blore and Prof Vos), the Australian Commonwealth Department of Health and Ageing (to Dr Smith and Prof March), University of Sydney Institute of Bone and Joint Research (to Dr Smith), the Australian National Health and Medical Research Council (Postgraduate Scholarship 569772 to Dr Hoy and Practitioner Fellowships 334010 (2005-2009) and 606429 (2010-2014) to Prof Buchbinder) and the Ageing and Alzheimer's Research Foundation (Ass Prof Blyth).