ArticleJournal of rehabilitation medicine2023
Physical activity levels in adults with chronic low back pain: A national survey in the general Spanish population.
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- Exercise Therapy Versus Manual Therapy for the Management of Pain Intensity, Disability, and Physical Function in People With Chronic Low Back Pain: A Systematic Review With Meta-Analysis and Meta-Regression.European journal of pain (London, England) · 2025Pooled it
- Considerations on the Obstacles That Lead to Slow Recruitment in a Pain Management Clinical Trial: Experiences from the Belgian PELICAN (PrEgabalin Lidocaine Capsaicin Neuropathic Pain) Pragmatic Study.Pain research & management · 2023Trial
- Frequency and Correlates of Physical Activity Among Young Adults With Chronic Pain.The Clinical journal of pain · 2025Article
- Factors associated with pain-related functional interference in people with chronic low back pain enrolled in a physical exercise programme: the role of pain, sleep, and quality of life.Journal of rehabilitation medicine · 2024Article
- Chronic Low Back Pain and Incident Transient Ischemic Attack and Stroke in General Practices in Germany.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
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Abstract
objectiveTo identify and compare physical activity levels in the Spanish population with chronic low back pain and their associated factors.
designCross-sectional national study. SUBJECTS: A total of 3,220 adults with chronic low back pain from the 2017 Spanish National Health Survey.
methodsThree groups were defined according to physical activity level (low, moderate, and high) assessed with the International Physical Activity Questionnaire. Descriptive analysis and an ordinal regression model were performed.
resultsThirty percent of the subjects were classed as doing a low level of physical activity, 53% moderate, and 17% high. Females predominated in the low and moderate groups, and the subjects in the high group were younger. Subjects in the low group reported more use of pain-relief, more severe-extreme pain, more functional limitations, and worse quality of life and mental health. Factors more likely to be associated with higher levels of physical activity were: being male, normal body mass index or overweight, better health status, less pain, less physical and cognitive limitations, and more social support.
conclusionDifferent aspects of the biopsychosocial framework were associated with the different levels of physical activity in subjects with chronic low back pain. These findings should be taken into consideration in order to establish suitable public health strategies.
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