Global Year

2021 Global Year About Back Pain 

Download the A3 poster PDF file for the Global Year about Back Pain: 2021 poster

The International Association for the Study of Pain, the Australian Pain Society, the New Zealand Pain Society, the Faculty of the Pain Medicine, the Australian and New Zealand College of Anaesthetists and Painaustralia announce the 2021 Global Year About Back Pain which continues through to 31 December 2021.

You are invited to participate and promote the Global Year About Back Pain within your workplace to help benefit millions of people throughout the world unable to speak for themselves.

For more information, please visit the International Association for the Study of Pain Global Year for Excellence in Pain Education website, particularly the 'Resources', 'Fact Sheets' and 'Translated Fact Sheets' and information boxes.

Fact Sheets

Below are a number of Global Year Fact Sheets about various aspects of back pain that have been developed by the International Association for the Study of Pain.

Fact Sheet 1 - The Global Burden of Low Back Pain
Fact Sheet 2 - Neurobiological Mechanisms Contributing to Back Pain
Fact Sheet 3 - Environmental Contributors to Back Pain
Fact Sheet 4 - Neck Pain
Fact Sheet 5 - Approach to Activity, Biomechanical Loads and Flare-ups of Back Pain
Fact Sheet 6 - Pathophysiological Assessment of Back Pain
Fact Sheet 7 - Low Back Pain in Childhood and Adolescence
Fact Sheet 8 - Back Pain in the Workplace
Fact Sheet 9 - Personalised Care for Low Back Pain
Fact Sheet 10 - Disparities in Back Pain
Fact Sheet 11 - Back Pain in Childhood and Adolescence

Coming soon:
Fact Sheet 12 - Exercise and Back Pain
Fact Sheet 13 - Education and Back Pain
Fact Sheet 14 - Cost-effective treatments for Back Pain
Fact Sheet 15 - Self-Management of Back Pain
Fact Sheet 16 - Anatomy & Biomechanics of Back Pain
Fact Sheet 17 - Back Pain in Older Persons
Fact Sheet 18 - Supported Self-Management of Back Pain from the Lived Experience Perspective

Other resources:
IASP Resources  Website        APS Global Year PowerPoint slide for presentations  Slide

IASP Webinars   Website           

Messages as follows:
IASP President:   Link          GY2021 Co-chairs:  Link     

Interviews with GY2021 co-chairs:         Dr Owen Williamson   Prof Paul Cameron

Media links:

Date	Media Outlet	Details
13JAN21	Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and LinkedIn	Follow the conversation via: #GlobalYear2021 #IASPGlobalYear
13JAN21	IASP Media Kit	Media Kit

Future IASP Global Years

2022: TBA