ArticleHealthcare (Basel, Switzerland)2023
Associations between Degenerative Lumbar Scoliosis Structures and Pain Distribution in Adults with Chronic Low Back Pain.
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- Common differential diagnosis of low back pain in contemporary medical practice: a narrative review.Frontiers in medicine · 2024Review
- Comorbidity prevalence of degenerative lumbar scoliosis in lumbar spinal stenosis: age-related radiological and symptomatological characteristics in a large sample.Frontiers in neurologyArticle
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Abstract
backgroundThis study aimed to investigate the location and distribution of pain in adults with chronic low back pain (LBP) with degenerative lumbar scoliosis (DLS) according to coronal deformities.
methodsWe enrolled 100 adults with chronic LBP and DLS, dividing them into two groups, a right-convex DLS group (n = 50) and a left-convex DLS group (n = 50). Dominant pain location was analyzed by dividing it into three parts-left side, right side, and center-and pain areas were identified using the pain drawing method; then, a heat map was created for each group. An association between pain location and convex side was analyzed as the primary outcome. Additionally, we assessed pain characteristics and radiological parameters, such as the curve structure and degree of degeneration. We used the Mann-Whitney U test or the chi-squared test to compare the clinical characteristics of the two groups, and generalized linear models were utilized to determine which variables were associated with pain severity or pain area.
resultsThe results indicated that there was no significant difference between the two groups in terms of the association between the curve structure, pain severity and location. In multivariate analysis, although we did not find any variables associated with pain severity, we observed that age and a left-convex DLS were negatively correlated with pain area among all participants. The heat map demonstrated that individuals with chronic LBP frequently experienced pain in the central lumbar region, regardless of the coronal curve structure.
conclusionsOur findings suggest that degenerative coronal lumbar deformities may not have a specific pain pattern associated with a curved structure.
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