Titre :
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Back pain, a communicable disease ? Commentary : Communicable disease. (2008)
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Auteurs :
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Heiner RASPE ;
Angelika HUEPPE ;
KATZ (Jeffrey-N) / disc. : USA. Brigham and Women's Hospital. Harvard Medical School. Boston. MA. ;
NEUHAUSER (Hannelore) : DEU. Department of Epidemiology and Health Reporting. Robert Koch-Institute. Berlin. ;
REICHENBACH (Stephan) : USA. Clinical Epidemiology Research and Training Unit. Boston University. Boston. MA. ;
Institute for Social Medicine. University of Luebeck. Luebeck. DEU
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Type de document :
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Article
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Dans :
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International journal of epidemiology (vol. 37, n° 1, 2008)
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Pagination :
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69-76
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Langues:
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Anglais
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Mots-clés :
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Lombalgie
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Maladie contagieuse
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Epidémiologie
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Allemagne
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Homme
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Douleur
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Europe
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Résumé :
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[BDSP. Notice produite par INIST-CNRS rEG4R0xL. Diffusion soumise à autorisation]. Background : Back pain (BP) is a frequent disorder affecting currently up to 40% of adults in Western Europe. Most of it is said to be'non-specific'i.e. lacking an obvious patho-anatomical explanation. It is seldom the consequence of a contagious disease caused by microorganisms. This does not exclude it from being communicable if'communicable'is to refer to something being transmitted by sharing or exchanging information. Aim : To propose the hypothesis of BP being a communicable disease. Methods : We base our hypothesis on a reanalysis of five German health and surveys. They show a wide gap in BP prevalence between West and results East Germany early after reunification. The gap consistently decreased to nearly zero in 2003. Work disability data followed a comparable course. Discussion : Various processes may have contributed to the observed changes. Our hypothesis is corroborated by experimental research showing that BP-related beliefs, attitudes and behaviour could positively be influenced by media campaigns and by insights from another recent epidemic.
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