Use of healthcare services and therapeutic measures associated with new episodes of acute low back pain-related disability among elderly people: a cross-sectional study on the Back Complaints in the Elders - Brazil cohort.

Juleimar Soares Coelho de Amorim Vitor Tigre Martins Rocha Lygia Paccini Lustosa Leani Souza Máximo Pereira

Published in: Sao Paulo medical journal = Revista paulista de medicina (2021)

Occurrence of the combined of consultations and medication use was correlated with higher chance of severe disability among these elderly people with nonspecific low back pain. This suggested that overuse and "crowding-in" effects were present in medical services for elderly people.

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