Musculoskeletal conditions
Alternative labels
Back pain
Musculoskeletal pain
Low back pain
Chronic back pain
Musculoskeletal disorders
Literature review
Evidence check: Principles of public health interventions to support injury recovery and return to productivity
This review examined the evidence for the effectiveness for public health interventions and identified principles and strategies which could be used in public health interventions for injured people. The review found evidence that self-efficacy and/or goal setting are potentially effective approaches that could be incorporated into broader interventions and that cognitive behavioural therapy interventions can...
Fact sheet
Back problems: musculoskeletal fact sheet
Back problems are a range of conditions related to the bones, joints, connective tissue, muscles and nerves of the back. These conditions can affect the neck (cervical spine),upper back (thoracic spine) and lower back (lumbar spine) as well as the sacrum and tailbone (coccyx). Back problems include: • pain in the neck, lower, middle and...