Low back pain: what is the long-term course? A review of studies of general patient populations

By Lise Hestbaek, C. Leboeuf‐Yde, C. Manniche. European spine journal, 2003

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Subfields: Economics and Econometrics, Pathology and Forensic Medicine, Pharmacology

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The annual incidence and course of neck pain in the general population: a population‐based cohort study (2004, background): “Recent studies of the general population indicate that the course of low back pain is also characterized by periods of remissions and exacerbations (Hestbaek et al., 2003a,b).”
Interventional techniques: evidence-based practice guidelines in the management of chronic spinal pain. (2007, background): “Modern evidence has shown that chronic persistent low back pain and neck pain in children, adults, and elderly are seen in 25%60% of patients, one year or longer after the initial episode (141-167).”
Diagnosis and Treatment of Low Back Pain: A Joint Clinical Practice Guideline from the American College of Physicians and the American Pain Society (2007, background): “However, patients with acute low back pain generally experience substantial improvement in the first month after initial presentation (6, 40), suggesting that a reasonable approach is to reevaluate patients with persistent, unimproved symptoms after 1 month.”
Epidemiology and risk factors for spine pain. (2007, background): “Another review of the prevalence studies in the literature that assessed the course of back pain found that between 42% and 75% of subjects continued to experience pain 1 year after onset and between 44% and 78% of subjects experienced relapses of pain [ 13 ].”
Noninvasive Treatments for Acute, Subacute, and Chronic Low Back Pain: A Clinical Practice Guideline From the American College of Physicians. (2017, background): “(Grade: strong recommendation) Clinicians should inform all patients of the generally favorable prognosis of acute low back pain with or without sciatica, including a high likelihood for substantial improvement in the first month (5, 180).”