Low Back Pain

"Low Back Pain" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

MeSH information

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Acute or chronic pain in the lumbar or sacral regions, which may be associated with musculo-ligamentous SPRAINS AND STRAINS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DISPLACEMENT; and other conditions.

Descriptor ID	D017116
MeSH Number(s)	C23.888.592.612.107.400
Concept/Terms	Low Back Pain Low Back Pain Back Pain, Low Back Pains, Low Low Back Pains Pain, Low Back Pains, Low Back Lumbago Lower Back Pain Back Pain, Lower Back Pains, Lower Lower Back Pains Pain, Lower Back Pains, Lower Back Low Back Ache Ache, Low Back Aches, Low Back Back Ache, Low Back Aches, Low Low Back Aches Low Backache Backache, Low Backaches, Low Low Backaches Low Back Pain, Postural Low Back Pain, Postural Postural Low Back Pain Low Back Pain, Posterior Compartment Low Back Pain, Posterior Compartment Low Back Pain, Recurrent Low Back Pain, Recurrent Recurrent Low Back Pain Low Back Pain, Mechanical Low Back Pain, Mechanical Mechanical Low Back Pain

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Low Back Pain".

Diseases [C]
Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms [C23]
Signs and Symptoms [C23.888]
Neurologic Manifestations [C23.888.592]
Pain [C23.888.592.612]
Back Pain [C23.888.592.612.107]
Low Back Pain [C23.888.592.612.107.400]

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is related to "Low Back Pain".

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more specific than "Low Back Pain".

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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Low Back Pain" by people in this website by year, and whether "Low Back Pain" was a major or minor topic of these publications.

Bar chart showing 84 publications over 20 distinct years, with a maximum of 8 publications in 2015

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
2003	1	2	3
2005	3	0	3
2006	2	1	3
2007	2	0	2
2008	7	0	7
2009	4	3	7
2010	3	4	7
2011	4	0	4
2012	2	2	4
2013	3	0	3
2014	5	1	6
2015	6	2	8
2016	1	1	2
2017	5	0	5
2018	0	1	1
2019	1	1	2
2020	4	1	5
2021	4	0	4
2022	5	0	5
2023	3	0	3

Below are the most recent publications written about "Low Back Pain" by people in Profiles.

Simon CB, Hicks GE, Pieper CF, Byers Kraus V, Keefe FJ, Col?n-Emeric C. A Novel Movement-Evoked Pain Provocation Test for Older Adults With Persistent Low Back Pain: Safety, Feasibility, and Associations With Self-reported Physical Function and Usual Gait Speed. Clin J Pain. 2023 Apr 01; 39(4):166-174.

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Ruffilli A, Viroli G, Neri S, Traversari M, Barile F, Manzetti M, Assirelli E, Ialuna M, Vita F, Faldini C. Mechanobiology of the Human Intervertebral Disc: Systematic Review of the Literature and Future Perspectives. Int J Mol Sci. 2023 Feb 01; 24(3).

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Ruffilli A, Neri S, Manzetti M, Barile F, Viroli G, Traversari M, Assirelli E, Vita F, Geraci G, Faldini C. Epigenetic Factors Related to Low Back Pain: A Systematic Review of the Current Literature. Int J Mol Sci. 2023 Jan 17; 24(3).

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Canseco JA, Kanhere AP, Schroeder GD, Vaccaro AR, Kepler CK. Intradiscal Therapies for Lumbar Degenerative Disk Disease. J Am Acad Orthop Surg. 2022 Sep 01; 30(17):e1084-e1094.

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Skopicki N, Lee RK. Patient-Friendly Summary of the ACR Appropriateness Criteria: Low Back Pain: 2021 Update. J Am Coll Radiol. 2022 05; 19(5):e23.

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Mallow GM, Zepeda D, Kuzel TG, Barajas JN, Aboushaala K, Nolte MT, Espinoza-Orias A, Oh C, Colman M, Kogan M, Phillips FM, An HS, Samartzis D. ISSLS PRIZE in Clinical Science 2022: Epidemiology, risk factors and clinical impact of juvenile Modic changes in paediatric patients with low back pain. Eur Spine J. 2022 05; 31(5):1069-1079.

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Nolte MT, Harada GK, LeDuc R, Sayari AJ, Basques BA, Louie PK, Colman MW, Goldberg EJ, DeWald CJ, Phillips FM, Kogan M, An HS, Samartzis D. Pediatric Back Pain: A Scoring System to Guide Use of Magnetic Resonance Imaging. J Pediatr Orthop. 2022 Feb 01; 42(2):116-122.

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Pugliese JM, Coyle PC, Knox PJ, Sions JM, Patterson CG, Pohlig RT, Simon CB, Weiner DK, George SZ, Piva S, Hicks GE. The Manual Therapy and Strengthening for the Hip (MASH) Trial: Protocol for a Multisite Randomized Trial of a Subgroup of Older Adults With Chronic Back and Hip Pain. Phys Ther. 2022 01 01; 102(1).

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DI Martino A, Barile F, Fiore M, Ruffilli A, Faldini C. Are injectable regenerative therapies effective in the treatment of degenerative disc disease? A systematic review. J Neurosurg Sci. 2022 Oct; 66(5):399-405.

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Traeger AC, Qaseem A, McAuley JH. Low Back Pain. JAMA. 2021 07 20; 326(3):286.

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