ArticleThe Korean journal of pain2020
Nicotine dependence and the International Association for the Study of Pain neuropathic pain grade in patients with chronic low back pain and radicular pain: is there an association?
Article in The Korean journal of pain, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.
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- CHRONIC MULTIMORBIDITY OF LOW BACK PAIN OR OTHER CHRONIC BACK DISORDERS IN THE REPUBLIC OF CROATIA.Acta clinica Croatica · 2023Article
- Smoking, alcohol and coffee consumption and risk of low back pain: a Mendelian randomization study.European spine journal : official publication of the European Spine Society, the European Spinal Deformity Society, and the European Section of the Cervical Spine Research Society · 2022Article
- Factors associated with paravertebral muscle cross-sectional area in patients with chronic low back pain.The Korean journal of pain · 2021Article
- Prevalence and Related Factors of Low Back Pain in the General Elderly Population: A Japanese Cross-Sectional Study Randomly Sampled from a Basic Resident Registry.Journal of clinical medicine · 2021Article
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Abstract
backgroundThis study investigated whether current smoking and a higher nicotine dependency were associated with chronic low back pain (LBP), lumbar related leg pain (sciatica) and/or radicular neuropathic pain.
methodsA cross-sectional study was conducted on 150 patients (mean age, 60.1 ± 13.1 yr). Demographic data, the International Association for the Study of Pain (IASP) neuropathic pain grade, STarT Back tool, and the Fagerström test were completed. A control group (n = 50) was recruited.
resultsThere was a significant difference between current smokers and nonsmokers in the chronic LBP group in the mean pain score (
conclusionsA current smoking status and higher nicotine dependence increase the odds for chronic LBP, sciatica and radicular neuropathic pain.
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