Table 1 Description of the most commonly reported back-related diagnoses among those who reported some type of back problem (n = 5450) in a cohort of young Swedish men. More than one diagnosis per person was possible.
Diagnosis | Number of individuals |
|---|---|
Unspecified back pain | 3553 |
Unspecified back disease | 1171 |
Unspecified scoliosis | 251 |
Lumbago (excluding sciatica and discal hernia) | 156 |
Cervicalgia (excluding neck pain from discal disease) | 98 |
Unspecified lordosis | 44 |
Juvenile idiopathic scoliosis | 41 |
Juvenile spinal osteochondrosis (Calve's or Scheuermann, excluding postural kyphosis) | 28 |