… Low back pain (LBP) is one of the major disabling health conditions among older adults
aged 60 years or older. While most causes of LBP among older adults are non-specific and self-…

… between age, back pain and its … back pain would decrease in older age, disabling back
pain would continue to increase. Further, we hypothesized that, among those free of back pain, …

… Because the goal of the study was to compare older adults with CLBP and those that were
pain-free, pain-specific measures of physical performance and disability were not included. …

Objectives: To develop a structured physical examination protocol that identifies common
biomechanical and soft‐tissue abnormalities for older adults with chronic low back pain (CLBP…

… Evidence on the long-term course of back pain in older patients … of older adults (>55
years) presenting with back pain in … clinical course of back pain in older adults. Most outcome …

… and in older adults in general, should also be highlighted. Participants … back pain were more
likely to have hip and/or knee pain. This may be related to the impact of lower extremity pain …

… in clinical trials older adults encounter, we would recommend future studies to report the
percentage of participants included by age group, even when older adults are not explicitly …

… of advanced imaging utilization in older adults with CLBP. We … In Study 2, we interviewed
a group of older adult outpatients … that for the majority of older adults with CLBP interviewed, …

… older adults with a new primary care visit for back pain, early imaging was not associated
with better 1-year outcomes. The value of early diagnostic imaging in older adults for back pain …

… -specific chronic low back pain among older adults, there is only very limited to limited
evidence regarding factors associated with a higher prevalence of chronic low back pain in this …