Global Year Against Pain
Global Year about Back Pain
The International Association for the Study of Pain (IASP) with the collaboration of the European Pain Federation EFIC® provides briefing packs and factsheets on the designated theme so that a general message can be unified globally and across Europe. The theme for 2021 is Back Pain.
Previous Campaigns
Previous Years’ Themes: 2013-2020
- 2020 – Prevention of Pain
- 2019 – Pain in the Most Vulnerable
- 2018 – Excellence in Pain Education
- 2017 – Pain after surgery
- 2016 – Pain in the joints
- 2015 – 2014 – Neuropathic Pain
- 2014 – 2013 – Orofacial Pain
Factsheets
Global and European Year Fact Sheets prepared by top experts on various aspects of pain prevention will be available here. The documents will be free to download.
- The Global Burden of Low Back Pain
- Neurobiological Mechanisms Contributing to Back Pain
- Environmental Contributors to Back Pain
- Neck Pain
- Approach to Activity, Biomechanical Loads and Flare-ups of Back Pain
- Pathophysiological Assessment of Back Pain
- Low Back Pain in Childhood and Adolescence
- Back Pain in the Workplace
- Personalised Care for Low Back Pain
- Exercise and Chronic Low Back Pain
- Disparities in Back Pain
- Back Pain Education
- Cost-Effective Treatments for Back Pain
- Self-Management of Back Pain from a Clinician’s Perspective
- Anatomy & Biomechanics of Back Pain
- Back Pain – An Inevitable Part of Aging. The Facts
- Back Pain in Childhood and Adolescence
- Supported Self-Management– From the Lived Experience Perspective
IASP Global Year Page
For more information on the activities of the 2021 year against pain at global level visit the IASP dedicated page