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Significant relationship seen between low back pain, lumbar lordotic curvature
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Investigators of this study found a significant association between low back pain and decreased lordotic lumbar curvature.
Researchers performed a systematic review and meta-analysis and identified 13 studies that examined differences between 796 patients with lumbar lordotic curvature and low back pain to 927 healthy controls with lumbar lordotic curvature and no low back pain.
Findings showed patients with low back pain tended to have smaller lumbar lordotic angles overall compared with the healthy controls; although investigators noted the studies were heterogenous. Variance between the studies was significantly impacted by the age, the severity of the low back pain and spinal disease entity, according to results of the meta-regression analysis.
Subgroup analysis showed patients with low back pain had smaller lumbar lordotic angles with sufficient homogeneity based on the significance level compared to patients with disc herniation or degeneration and healthy controls. Patients with low back pain also had smaller lumbar lordotic angles compared with the healthy controls, without statistical significance, in the six age-matched studies. – by Monica Jaramillo
Disclosure: The researchers report they received support from Seoul National University Hospital (Grant NO. 2320150080).
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