SynthesisArchives of orthopaedic and trauma surgery2022
Risk factors for non-specific low back pain in older people: a systematic review with meta-analysis.
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- Research hotspots and frontiers in non-specific low back pain: a bibliometric analysis.Frontiers in neurology · 2024Pooled it
- Somatosensory reweighting and visual strategies during three repeated trials of the sensory organization test in adults with chronic low back pain.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 · 2026Article
- Factors Associated with Chronic Low Back Pain in Hungary Based on the European Health Interview Surveys Conducted in 2009, 2014, and 2019: A Repeated Cross-Sectional Study.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Quadratus lumborum muscle stiffness in chronic non-specific low back pain: a diagnostic accuracy 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 · 2025Article
- The Potential Relationship Between Low Back Pain and Depression: A Comprehensive Review.Brain and behavior · 2025Review
- Development and validation of a risk prediction model for co-existing depression in middle-aged and older adults with low back pain.European journal of medical research · 2025Article
- Global Trends in Risk Factors for Low Back Pain: An Analysis of the Global Burden of Disease Study Data From 1990 to 2021.Arthritis care & research · 2025Article
- Identifying latent subgroups in the older population seeking primary health care for a new episode of back pain - findings from the BACE-N cohort.BMC musculoskeletal disorders · 2024Observational
- CHRONIC MULTIMORBIDITY OF LOW BACK PAIN OR OTHER CHRONIC BACK DISORDERS IN THE REPUBLIC OF CROATIA.Acta clinica Croatica · 2023Article
- Disability burden due to musculoskeletal conditions and low back pain in Australia: findings from GBD 2019.Chiropractic & manual therapies · 2022Article
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Abstract
purposeTo conduct a systematic review about risk factors associated with non-specific low back pain (LBP) in older people.
methodsThe study protocol was prospectively registered with Prospero (CRD42020191619). This systematic review with meta-analysis included cohort studies that investigated risk factors for LBP in older people. The following databases were searched up to 12 December 2020: MEDLINE (Ovid), Embase, CINAHL, SCOPUS and Web of Science. Two independent reviewers appraised methodological quality using the Critical Appraisal Checklist for Cohort Studies instrument.
resultsWe identified 3939 potentially relevant publications. After removing duplicates, screening title, and abstracts, we assessed 86 publications in full text. We included the remaining 11 publications for analysis. There is strong evidence that depressive symptoms are a risk of reporting future back pain onset (I
conclusionDepressive symptoms are a risk factor for LBP in older people. Due to the limitations of the literature, the role of some risk factors remains unclear. An additional high-quality prospective cohort is needed to better elucidate these relationships.
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