Patients with new-onset low back pain who initially consulted a chiropractor or physical therapist vs a primary care physician were found to have reduced risk for long-term opioid use.
Patients with asthma and/or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease have an increased risk for the development of long-term lower back pain.
Higher levels of fat mass were found to be associated with higher intensity of back pain and related disability in adults.
The presence of neuropathic pain was identified as a risk factor for low physical and mental quality of life in middle-aged and elderly patients.
Researchers utilized a national commercial insurance claims database to determine the current temporal and geographic trends of imaging use in the primary care setting for the evaluation of low back pain.
The prevalence and severity of low back pain may be higher in patients with knee osteoarthritis and varus thrust.
Physical therapy informed by Acceptance and Commitment Therapy may reduce short-term but not long-term disability compared with standard treatment in patients with chronic low back pain.
For the first time in the United States, titanium bone-anchored implants were used to repair large annular defects during diskectomies.
Few patients with newly diagnosed low back pain with or without lower extremity pain were found to receive spinal surgery.
No differences in serum levels of inflammatory biomarker levels were detected between individuals with leg pain related to low back pathology with or without sciatica or nerve root compression.
