Table 2

Main Diagnoses
Diseases related to the musculoskeletal system (ICD-10)
 COM
 NT


#
 %
 95% CIa
 #
 %
 95% CIa
M00–25
 Arthropathies
 60
 24.9
 18.7–31.1
 30
 18.3
 10.8–25.8
M30–36
 Systemic connective tissue disorders
 4
 1.66
 0.1–3.2
 3
 1.8
 0.2–3.4
M40–54
 Dorsopathies
 95
 39.4
 32.5–46.3
 76
 46.3
 35.1–57.6
M60–79
 Soft tissue disorders
 72
 29.9
 23.3–36.4
 49
 29.9
 20.2–39.5
M80–94
 Osteopathies and chondropathies
 5
 2.07
 0.4–3.8
 2
 1.2
 0.0–3.0
M95–99
 Other disorders of the musculoskeletal system and connective tissue
 5
 2.07
 0.4–3.8
 4
 2.4
 0.0–5.4
Back-pain diagnoses (M40–M54)
 95
 39.4
 32.5–46.3
 88
 53.7
 35.1–57.6
M43
 Other deforming dorsopathies
 4
 1.7
1
 0.6
M45
 Ankylosing spondylitis
 1
 0.4
0
 0
M47
 Spondylosis
 3
 1.2
3
 1.8
M48
 Other spondylopathies
 3
 1.2
1
 0.6
M51
 Other intervertebral disc disorders
 6
 2.5
4
 2.4
M53
 Other dorsopathies, not elsewhere classified
 3
 1.2
15
 9.2
M54
 Dorsalgia
 75
 31.1
52
 31.7
Comorbid conditions
None
101
 41.9
 34.3–49.6
 51
 31.1
 20.8–41.4
1
61
 25.3
 19.8–30.8
 58
 35.4
 29.4–41.3
> 1
79
 32.8
 25–40.6
 55
 33.5
 21.7–45.4

a 95% confidence limits

Mermod et al. BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2008 8:33   doi:10.1186/1472-6882-8-33