Trial reportBMC musculoskeletal disorders2014
Spinal pain in adolescents: prevalence, incidence, and course: a school-based two-year prospective cohort study in 1,300 Danes aged 11-13.
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46 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 81 citations in OpenAlex.
- Physical measures of physical functioning as prognostic factors in predicting outcomes for neck and thoracic pain: a systematic review.BMC musculoskeletal disorders · 2025Pooled it
- The natural course of low back pain from childhood to young adulthood - a systematic review.Chiropractic & manual therapies · 2019Pooled it
- Prevalence and incidence of musculoskeletal extremity complaints in children and adolescents. A systematic review.BMC musculoskeletal disorders · 2017Pooled it
- Potential treatment effect modifiers for manipulative therapy for children complaining of spinal pain.Secondary analyses of a randomised controlled trial.Chiropractic & manual therapies · 2019Trial
- PROPOSAL AND TEST-RETEST RELIABILITY OF A SCALE FOR CERVICAL, THORACIC, AND LUMBAR SPINE PAIN IN BRAZILIAN YOUNG PEOPLE.Revista paulista de pediatria : orgao oficial da Sociedade de Pediatria de Sao Paulo · 2019Trial
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- Spinal pain prevalence in childhood and socioeconomic patterns: a comparative study in four European birth cohorts.European journal of pediatrics · 2026Article
- Specific versus non-specific hospital-based spine diagnoses in children and adolescents: a nationwide register-based cohort study.Chiropractic & manual therapies · 2026Article
- Nonspecific back pain in adolescents, its associated physical and psychological factors and urban-rural differences: a cross-sectional analytical study.Frontiers in public health · 2026Article
- Clinical course of spinal pain in adolescents: a feasibility study in a chiropractic setting.BMJ open · 2025Article
- The association between the site of back pain and number of painful sites with daily activities, seeking healthcare, and medication use among school adolescents.Frontiers in pain research (Lausanne, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- The exposure-outcome relationship between physical and psychosocial factors and non-specific back pain in adolescents: a systematic review and meta-analysis protocol.Frontiers in pediatrics · 2025Article
- Screen time reduction and Surya Namaskars-a comprehensive intervention for nonspecific back pain in adolescents: a study protocol.Frontiers in pediatrics · 2025Article
- An observational cross-sectional study on the characteristics of children and adolescents with non-specific spinal pain stratified by pain severity.BMC pediatrics · 2024Observational
- Clinical outcome following magnetic resonance imaging as first-line imaging in low-impact pediatric spine trauma: a single-center retrospective observational study.Pediatric radiology · 2023Observational
- Motor skills at 7 years of age and spinal pain at 11 years of age: a cohort study of 26,000 preadolescents.European journal of pediatrics · 2023Article
- Development of the Young Disability Questionnaire (spine) for children with spinal pain: field testing in Danish school children.BMJ open · 2023Article
- Thoracic Spine Pain in High School Adolescents: A One-Year Longitudinal Study.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Exceeding 2-h sedentary time per day is not associated with moderate to severe spinal pain in 11- to 13-year-olds: a cross-sectional analysis.European journal of pediatrics · 2022Article
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Abstract
backgroundThe severity and course of spinal pain is poorly understood in adolescents. The study aimed to determine the prevalence and two-year incidence, as well as the course, frequency, and intensity of pain in the neck, mid back, and low back (spinal pain).
methodsThis study was a school-based prospective cohort study. All 5th and 6th grade students (11-13 years) at 14 schools in the Region of Southern Denmark were invited to participate (N=1,348). Data were collected in 2010 and again two years later, using an e-survey completed during school time.
resultsThe lifetime prevalence of spinal pain was 86% and 89% at baseline and follow-up, respectively. A group of 13.6% (95% CI: 11.8, 15.6) at baseline and 19.5% (95% CI: 17.1, 22.0) at follow-up reported that they had pain frequently. The frequency of pain was strongly associated with the intensity of pain, i.e., the majority of the participants reported their pain as relatively infrequent and of low intensity, whereas the participants with frequent pain also experienced pain of higher intensity. The two-year incidence of spinal pain varied between 40% and 60% across the physical locations. Progression of pain from one to more locations and from infrequent to more frequent was common over the two-year period.
conclusionsSpinal pain is common at the age of 11-15 years, but some have more pain than others. The pain is likely to progress, i.e., to more locations, higher frequency, and higher pain intensity over a two-year period.
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