Patients > 18 years, with 36 months continuous enrollment, ICD 9 code for low back pain and claims in 3 out of 4 consecutive months in the 12-month prospective period were included and classified as chronic low back pain (CLBP). Patients were further classified as CLBP with neuropathic ...
Chronic primary low back pain (CPLBP) and other musculoskeletal conditions represent a sizable attribution to the global burden of disability, with rates greatest in older age. There are multiple and varied interventions for CPLBP, delivered by a wide range of health and care workers. However, i...
Chronic pain of cancer survivors in this statement includes not only chronic cancer pain (pain directly caused by cancer) and chronic post-cancer treatment pain (pain related to cancer treatment), as described in ICD-11 “Chronic cancer-related pain” [4], but also all pain that occurs before...
et al. Multivariate classification of structural MRI data detects chronic low back pain. Cereb. Cortex 24, 1037–1044 (2014). This study described how brain structure can be used to decode lower back pain. 57. Bagarinao, E. et al. Preliminary structural MRI based brain classification ...
The ICD-9 codes are available in Supplementary Table S1. Conditions for institutional settings only were not included in this study. Statistical models Descriptive statistics were conducted using means with standard deviations or medians with interquartile ranges (IQR) for continuous variables and ...
Chronic pain, including chronic low back and leg pain are prominent causes of disability worldwide. While patient management aims to reduce pain and improve daily function, prescription of opioids remains widespread despite significant adverse effects. This study pooled data from two large prospective ...
Low back and neck pain remain the leading cause of disability internationally, with other chronic pain conditions prominently featured in the top 10 disabilities [2]. Studies have shown that in middle-income and low- income countries, the prevalence of chronic pain in adults is 33%, and it ...
Fibromyalgia (FM) and chronic low back pain (cLBP) were considered in most studies. Additionally, most of the studies focused on one or two CP conditions. In 10 studies, CP was mentioned without indicating specific CP conditions, and the studies mainly tried to distinguish CP from healthy ...
pain management in post-herpetic neuralgia (Kumar et al. [19]) and for post-herniorrhaphy pain at the L2 level, as well as for hip and low back pain after surgery (Takahashi et al. [54] and Canturk et al. [55]). Fusco et al. [56] described a case of chronic low back pain ...
(P> 0.05). SD, standard deviation; WQXG, Wuqinxi group; GEG: general exercise group; LBP, low back pain; BMI: body mass index; SF-MPQ: Short-Form McGill Pain Questionnaire; VAS: Visual Analog Scale; PPI: Present Pain Intensity; PSQI: Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index; PCS: mental ...