Call to improve low back pain guidelines, as study predicts 50% increase by 2050
Clinical guidelines on back pain need to include recommendations for older people, say University of Sydney authors
The number of people experiencing low back pain in Australia is set to increase by 50% in just over 25 years, a University of Sydney study shows.
Researchers estimate there will be more than 800 million cases of low back pain globally in 2050, a 36% increase from 2020 with Australians particularly hard hit.
