LA LUMBALGIA EN EL ECUADOR: CAUSAS Y EFECTOS

Abstract

This paper analyzes information on people with lower back problems and ailments and how it affects the economy of a country. Low back pain also produces alterations in brain areas related to anxiety and depression. Because these diseases can even cause some degree of physical disability, in Ecuador the Consejo Nacional de Igualdad de Discapacidades (CONADIS) indicates that there are nationally 175,463 people with physical disabilities, therefore have created laws for protection. After conducting a survey and bibliometric analysis, it appears that low back pain causes disability in 10% of the population and is the second leading cause of absenteeism in the world and accounts for 60% of consultations for back pain in Spain; and in the United States, invest at least U.S. $ 50 billion as a result. The disease affects both men and women in the world between 30 and 50 years.