Back Pain

The North American Spine Society announced the release of evidence-based clinical guidelines for multidisciplinary spine care for the diagnosis and treatment of low back pain.

Patients with knee osteoarthritis who experience any lower back pain have a 2.7-times greater risk for recurrent falls, according to data published in Arthritis Care & Research.

According to study results, evoked compound action potential-controlled closed-loop spinal cord stimulation compared with fixed-output, open-loop spinal cord stimulation offered significantly greater and more meaningful pain relief at 12 months in patients with chronic, intractable back and leg pain.

A recent survey found that 57% older adults said their back pain had not improved in the 5 years after initially presenting to their general practitioner.

Bone mineral density at the lumbar spine and back pain history can be used in targeted case findings to identify children with the highest risk for prevalent vertebral fracture so that radiography can be used judiciously, according to findings published in the Journal of Bone and Mineral Research.