Back Pain

"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 located in the posterior regions of the THORAX; LUMBOSACRAL REGION; or the adjacent regions.

Descriptor ID	D001416
MeSH Number(s)	C23.888.592.612.107
Concept/Terms	Back Pain Back Pain Back Pains Pain, Back Pains, Back Backache Backaches Back Ache Ache, Back Aches, Back Back Aches Back Pain without Radiation Back Pain without Radiation Vertebrogenic Pain Syndrome Vertebrogenic Pain Syndrome Pain Syndrome, Vertebrogenic Pain Syndromes, Vertebrogenic Syndrome, Vertebrogenic Pain Syndromes, Vertebrogenic Pain Vertebrogenic Pain Syndromes Back Pain with Radiation Back Pain with Radiation

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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]

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

Bar chart showing 38 publications over 16 distinct years, with a maximum of 4 publications in 2003 and 2017

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
2000	1	0	1
2003	2	2	4
2004	1	1	2
2005	2	1	3
2008	0	3	3
2009	0	3	3
2012	2	1	3
2013	0	1	1
2015	3	0	3
2016	2	0	2
2017	3	1	4
2018	1	1	2
2019	2	1	3
2020	0	1	1
2021	1	1	2
2022	1	0	1

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

Lou J, Ryan R, Wang D. Biologic Therapies for Discogenic Pain. Curr Pain Headache Rep. 2025 Feb 11; 29(1):45.

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Chen SR, LeVasseur CM, Como CJ, Couch BK, Talentino SE, Klatt BA, O'Malley MJ, Donaldson WF, Lee JY, Shaw JD, Anderst WJ. Response to Letter to the Editor by Fukuda et al. Regarding Dynamic Changes in Lumbar Spine Kinematics During Gait May Explain Improvement in Back Pain and Disability in Patients With Hip-Spine Syndrome. Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 2023 12 01; 48(23):1698.

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Chen SR, LeVasseur CM, Como CJ, Couch BK, Talentino SE, Klatt BA, O'Malley MJ, Donaldson WF, Lee JY, Shaw JD, Anderst WJ. Dynamic Changes in Lumbar Spine Kinematics During Gait May Explain Improvement in Back Pain and Disability in Patients With Hip-Spine Syndrome. Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 2023 Jun 15; 48(12):867-873.

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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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Singh V, Zak S, Robin JX, Kugelman DN, Hepinstall MS, Long WJ, Schwarzkopf R. Presence of back pain prior total knee arthroplasty and its effects on short-term patient-reported outcome measures. Eur J Orthop Surg Traumatol. 2022 Apr; 32(3):541-549.

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Ciaffi J, Meliconi R, Landini MP, Mancarella L, Brusi V, Faldini C, Ursini F. Seasonality of Back Pain in Italy: An Infodemiology Study. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2021 02 01; 18(3).

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Mauck MC, Linnstaedt SD, Bortsov A, Kurz M, Hendry PL, Lewandowski C, Velilla MA, Datner E, Pearson C, Domeier R, Fillingim RB, Beaudoin FL, Ting JP, McLean SA. Vitamin D insufficiency increases risk of chronic pain among African Americans experiencing motor vehicle collision. Pain. 2020 02; 161(2):274-280.

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Khan JM, Harada GK, Basques BA, Nolte MT, Louie PK, Iloanya M, Tchalukov K, Berkowitz M, Derman P, Colman M, An HS. Patients with predominantly back pain at the time of lumbar fusion for low-grade spondylolisthesis experience similar clinical improvement to patients with predominantly leg pain: mid-term results. Spine J. 2020 02; 20(2):276-282.

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Hills JM, Pennings JS, Archer KR, Wick JB, Daryoush J, Butler M, Sivaganesan A, Khan I, Call R, Devin CJ. Preoperative Opioids and 1-year Patient-reported Outcomes After Spine Surgery. Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 2019 Jun 15; 44(12):887-895.

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Soffin EM, Vaishnav AS, Wetmore DS, Barber L, Hill P, Gang CH, Beckman JD, Albert TJ, Qureshi SA. Design and Implementation of an Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS) Program for Minimally Invasive Lumbar Decompression Spine Surgery: Initial Experience. Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 2019 May 01; 44(9):E561-E570.

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