| dc.contributor.author | Mulimba, JO | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2013-05-29T09:51:10Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2013-05-29T09:51:10Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 1990-04 | |
| dc.identifier.citation | East Afr Med J. 1990 Apr;67(4):250-3. | en |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hinari-gw.who.int/whalecomwww.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/whalecom0/pubmed/?term=Mulimba+JAO | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://erepository.uonbi.ac.ke:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/26928 | |
| dc.description.abstract | Discussed in this paper are 227 African patients seen in a private clinic in the period August 1982 to March 1987. During the same period 2201 patients were seen. This constitutes 10%. Most of the sufferers were in the third to fifth decades. The male to female ratio was 1:1.7. The housewife, farmer and the professions of secretaries, teachers and nurses constituted the majority. Under our set up the single most useful investigation was a rediculogram. The various methods of conservative treatment are discussed. The operative methods deployed are also discussed as are indications | en |
| dc.language.iso | en | en |
| dc.publisher | University of Nairobi. | en |
| dc.title | The problems of low back pain in Africa | en |
| dc.type | Article | en |
| local.publisher | Department of Surgery, College of Health Sciences, University of Nairobi | en |
