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How do studies on low back pain in the United States compare with studies in other countries?

Because there is much variance in the way one researcher describes and documents low back pain regardless of which country they are in, it is very difficult to compare one study with another.

Reference: 

C. E. Dionne, et al. A Consensus Approach Toward the Standardization of Back Pain Definitons for Use in Prevalence Studies, SPINE January 2008. Vol. 33, No.1. Pp. 95-103.

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