Nonspecific low back pain

A Chiarotto, BW Koes - New England Journal of Medicine, 2022 - Mass Medical Soc
Key Clinical Points Nonspecific Low Back Pain Nonspecific low back pain is diagnosed on
the basis of the exclusion of specific causes, usually by means of history taking and physical …

Clinical practice guidelines for the management of non-specific low back pain in primary care: an updated overview

CB Oliveira, CG Maher, RZ Pinto, AC Traeger… - European Spine …, 2018 - Springer
Objective The aim of this study was to provide an overview of the recommendations
regarding the diagnosis and treatment contained in current clinical practice guidelines for …

Acute inflammatory response via neutrophil activation protects against the development of chronic pain

M Parisien, LV Lima, C Dagostino… - Science translational …, 2022 - science.org
The transition from acute to chronic pain is critically important but not well understood. Here,
we investigated the pathophysiological mechanisms underlying the transition from acute to …

[HTML][HTML] Global low back pain prevalence and years lived with disability from 1990 to 2017: estimates from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017

A Wu, L March, X Zheng, J Huang, X Wang… - Annals of …, 2020 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Background Low back pain (LBP) is a common musculoskeletal problem globally. Updating
the prevalence and burden of LBP is important for researchers and policy makers. This …

Opioid analgesia for acute low back pain and neck pain (the OPAL trial): a randomised placebo-controlled trial

CMP Jones, RO Day, BW Koes, J Latimer, CG Maher… - The Lancet, 2023 - thelancet.com
Background Opioid analgesics are commonly used for acute low back pain and neck pain,
but supporting efficacy data are scarce. We aimed to investigate the efficacy and safety of a …

What low back pain is and why we need to pay attention

J Hartvigsen, MJ Hancock, A Kongsted, Q Louw… - The Lancet, 2018 - thelancet.com
Low back pain is a very common symptom. It occurs in high-income, middle-income, and low-
income countries and all age groups from children to the elderly population. Globally, years …

Prognostic factors for pain chronicity in low back pain: a systematic review

LK Nieminen, LM Pyysalo, MJ Kankaanpää - Pain reports, 2021 - journals.lww.com
Low back pain is the leading cause for years lived in disability. Most people with acute low
back pain improve rapidly, but 4% to 25% of patients become chronic. Since the previous …

Real-world incidence and prevalence of low back pain using routinely collected data

F Fatoye, T Gebrye, I Odeyemi - Rheumatology international, 2019 - Springer
Low back pain (LBP) is a common health problem among adults of working age population,
and its prevalence or incidence increases with increasing in age. The purpose of this review …

The Global Spine Care Initiative: a summary of the global burden of low back and neck pain studies

EL Hurwitz, K Randhawa, H Yu, P Côté… - European Spine …, 2018 - Springer
Purpose This article summarizes relevant findings related to low back and neck pain from
the Global Burden of Disease (GBD) reports for the purpose of informing the Global Spine …

Non-specific low back pain

C Maher, M Underwood, R Buchbinder - The Lancet, 2017 - thelancet.com
Non-specific low back pain affects people of all ages and is a leading contributor to disease
burden worldwide. Management guidelines endorse triage to identify the rare cases of low …