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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Zehra Malik, M.B.B.S[2]
Overview
Epidemiology and Demographics
Prevalence
- The prevalence in adult population is around ten-thirty percent in the US.[1]
- Lifetime prevalence in US adult population is estimated to be 65-80 percent.[1]
- Prevalence of back pain is higher in smokers as compared to non-smokers.[2]
Incidence
- Studies suggest that for as many as 85% of cases, no physiological cause for the pain has been identified.[3][4]
Race
- Race can be a factor in back problems. African American women, for example, are two to three times more likely than white women to develop spondylolisthesis, a condition in which a vertebra of the lower spine— also called the lumbar spine— slips out of place.[5]
Gender
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Urits I, Burshtein A, Sharma M, Testa L, Gold PA, Orhurhu V; et al. (2019). "Low Back Pain, a Comprehensive Review: Pathophysiology, Diagnosis, and Treatment". Curr Pain Headache Rep. 23 (3): 23. doi:10.1007/s11916-019-0757-1. PMID 30854609.
- ↑ Green BN, Johnson CD, Snodgrass J, Smith M, Dunn AS (2016). "Association Between Smoking and Back Pain in a Cross-Section of Adult Americans". Cureus. 8 (9): e806. doi:10.7759/cureus.806. PMC 5081254. PMID 27790393.
- ↑ White AA, Gordon SL (1982). "Synopsis: workshop on idiopathic low-back pain". Spine. 7 (2): 141–9. PMID 6211779.
- ↑ van den Bosch MA, Hollingworth W, Kinmonth AL, Dixon AK (2004). "Evidence against the use of lumbar spine radiography for low back pain". Clinical radiology. 59 (1): 69–76. PMID 14697378.
- ↑ Vogt MT, Rubin DA, Palermo L, Christianson L, Kang JD, Nevitt MC; et al. (2003). "Lumbar spine listhesis in older African American women". Spine J. 3 (4): 255–61. doi:10.1016/s1529-9430(03)00024-x. PMID 14589183.