Systemic pharmacologic therapies for low back pain: a systematic review for an American College of Physicians clinical practice guideline

R Chou, R Deyo, J Friedly, A Skelly… - Annals of internal …, 2017 - acpjournals.org
Background: A 2007 American College of Physicians guideline addressed pharmacologic
options for low back pain. New evidence and medications have now become available …

Epidemiology of low back pain in adults

L Manchikanti, V Singh, FJE Falco… - … : Technology at the …, 2014 - Elsevier
Objective: Low back pain affects many individuals. It has profound effects on well-being and
is often the cause of significant physical and psychological health impairments. Low back …

Trends in lumbar fusion procedure rates and associated hospital costs for degenerative spinal diseases in the United States, 2004 to 2015

BI Martin, SK Mirza, N Spina, WR Spiker, B Lawrence… - Spine, 2019 - journals.lww.com
Study Design. Analysis of National Inpatient Sample (NIS), 2004 to 2015. Objective.
Describe recent trends in US rates of lumbar fusion procedures and associated costs, by …

Noninvasive treatments for acute, subacute, and chronic low back pain: a clinical practice guideline from the American College of Physicians

A Qaseem, TJ Wilt, RM McLean, MA Forciea… - Annals of internal …, 2017 - acpjournals.org
Description: The American College of Physicians (ACP) developed this guideline to present
the evidence and provide clinical recommendations on noninvasive treatment of low back …

[HTML][HTML] Estimates of pain prevalence and severity in adults: United States, 2012

RL Nahin - The journal of pain, 2015 - Elsevier
Using a simple approach for coding pain severity, the present study describes self-reported
pain in US adults. Data are included for 8,781 adults who completed the Functioning and …

Epidemiology of chronic low back pain in US adults: data from the 2009–2010 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey

A Shmagel, R Foley, H Ibrahim - Arthritis care & research, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Objective To describe the epidemiologic characteristics and associations with increased
health care utilization in US adults with chronic low back pain (LBP). Methods The National …

Inflammatory biomarkers of low back pain and disc degeneration: a review

AN Khan, HE Jacobsen, J Khan… - Annals of the new …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Biomarkers are biological characteristics that can be used to indicate health or disease. This
paper reviews studies on biomarkers of low back pain (LBP) in human subjects. LBP is the …

Adolescent idiopathic scoliosis

JC Cheng, RM Castelein, WC Chu… - Nature reviews disease …, 2015 - nature.com
Adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS) is the most common form of structural spinal deformities
that have a radiological lateral Cobb angle—a measure of spinal curvature—of≥ 10. AIS …

Non-specific low back pain

F Balagué, AF Mannion, F Pellisé, C Cedraschi - The lancet, 2012 - thelancet.com
Non-specific low back pain has become a major public health problem worldwide. The
lifetime prevalence of low back pain is reported to be as high as 84%, and the prevalence of …

[HTML][HTML] Muscle control and non-specific chronic low back pain

M Russo, K Deckers, S Eldabe, K Kiesel… - … : Technology at the …, 2018 - Elsevier
Objectives Chronic low back pain (CLBP) is the most prevalent of the painful
musculoskeletal conditions. CLBP is a heterogeneous condition with many causes and …