BACK and neck pain are major public health burdens, with millions of sufferers around Australia.
Now, a nationwide study will for the first time explore the impact of these conditions on health and welfare.
Experts from the University of Adelaide are leading the Australian Longitudinal Study on Back and Neck Pain, and are working with researchers from the University of South Australia, the South Australian Chronic Pain Statewide Clinical Network at the Commission on Excellence and Innovation in Health, and the peak consumer organisation Chronic Pain Australia.
The study will investigate risk factors by asking thousands of participants to take part in a comprehensive, annual online survey, HERE, that will track how their ailments are progressing over several years.
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