3. Quality Assurance: The Scope of the Spine Problem and Modern Attempts to Manage It

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Presumed natural h istory of LBP

Actual course of L B P here

Perpetuating Factors for Poor Recovery of LBP: Prognostic Factors

Major Categories of Individual Risk Factors for Acute Onset LBP

• Psychosocial (self-rated health)

• Physical-functional (activity level-short-term and long-term, flexibility/motion characteristics, strength, endurance, balance, cardiovascular fitness, lifting capacity)

• Physical-structural (congenital anomalies, degenerative conditions)

• Work-related (some are also psychosocial or physical)-job satisfaction, low social support in the workplace

• Socio-demographic (age, socio-economic class, education level, gender, genetics, smoking, anthropometric-height, weight)