Background: The global burden of chronic low back pain (CLBP) is a major concern in
public health. Several CLBP epidemiological studies have been conducted in high-income …

OBJECTIVE: To assess the causal role of the relationship between loading and the onset of
nonspecific low back pain (NSLBP) and persistence of NSLBP (chronic low back pain …

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Low back pain is a common health problem in human
being and about 5 to 15% will develop chronic low back pain (CLBP). The clinical findings of …

Background Kinesiophobia is an excessive, irrational and debilitating fear of physical
movement and activity resulting from a feeling of vulnerability to painful injury or re‐injury …

A cross sectional study was conducted with the objective to assess the coexistence of self-
efficacy and fear avoidance beliefs and establish the associated factors. Data collection was …

This paper focuses on the application of machine learning algorithms for predicting spinal
abnormalities. As a data preprocessing step, univariate feature selection as a filter based …

Background: Chronic low back pain (CLBP) has a significant effect on quality of life and
imposes a great economical burden on society. In a number of studies, validated …

Abstract Background Context Psychosocial risk factors may predispose to progression of
back and neck pain to chronic pain or disability. Resilience (the ability to recover from stress) …

Objective: To evaluate the prevalence of anxiety, depression and kinesiophobia and their
association with the symptoms of low back pain. Methods: A total of 65 patients were divided …

Background Very little is known about the burden of chronic low back pain in Africa. This
study aimed at assessing disability and associated factors in chronic low back patients in …