Research article
Thoracic spine pain in the general population: Prevalence, incidence and associated factors in children, adolescents and adults. A systematic review
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* Corresponding author: Leon M Straker L.Straker@curtin.edu.au
1 School of Physiotherapy and Curtin Health Innovation Research Institute, Curtin University of Technology, GPO Box U1987, Perth, 6845, Western Australia, Australia
2 Global Evidence Mapping (GEM) Initiative, Department of Surgery (Royal Melbourne Hospital), University of Melbourne, Parkville 3010 VIC, Australia
BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2009, 10:77 doi:10.1186/1471-2474-10-77
Published: 29 June 2009Additional files
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Cohort characteristics, TSP data source, hierarchy of evidence score and quality appraisal for each study. The data provided describe the characteristics of each paper included in the review and results of the quality appraisal.
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Prevalence (29 studies) and incidence (5 studies) data grouped by pain definition and reported by age. The data provided describe the prevalence and incidence of TSP across the included studies.
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Associated (cross-sectional studies) and risk (prospective studies) factors for TSP grouped according to biopsychosocial categories. Estimates are expressed as an odds ratio (95% CI) unless indicated otherwise. An OR > 1 refers to a positive association with TSP, while and OR < 1 refers to a negative association. Where correlation coefficients are reported, positive values represent a positive association with TSP, while negative values represent a negative association. For statistical tests which do not test for association, a significant outcome (p < 0.05) refers to the factor being greater among individuals with TSP. The data provided summarise factors associated with, and risk factors for TSP.
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