ReviewJournal of pain research2023
Trends of Low Back Pain Research in Older and Working-Age Adults from 1993 to 2023: A Bibliometric Analysis.
Review in Journal of pain research, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 14 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Who cites it
14 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Outcome domains of patient-reported outcome measures used in randomised controlled trials for older adults with non-specific low back pain: a systematic review.Age and ageing · 2026Pooled it
- A systematic review on the associations between low back pain and frailty in community-dwelling older adults.Chiropractic & manual therapies · 2025Pooled it
- Research hotspots and frontiers of cluster headaches: a bibliometric analysis.Frontiers in neurology · 2024Pooled it
- Efficacy of spinal manipulative therapy in older adults with chronic spinal conditions: an updated systematic review.The Journal of the Canadian Chiropractic Association · 2026Article
- Current Evidence and Intervention Approaches for Physical Activity and Low Back Pain in Older Adult Populations: A Narrative Review.BioMed research international · 2026Review
- The burden of low back pain and predictions in Asia-Pacific region, 1990-2021: a comparative analysis of China, Japan, Thailand, and Pakistan.Frontiers in medicine · 2026Article
- The World Health Organization guideline for non-surgical management of chronic primary low back pain in adults: implications for equitable care and strengthening health systems globally.Global health research and policy · 2025Article
- Lived Experiences of Older Adults With Chronic Low Back Pain and Implications on Their Daily Life: A Metasynthesis of Qualitative Research.Archives of rehabilitation research and clinical translation · 2025Review
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- Global, regional, and national burden of low back pain in working-age population from 1990 to 2021 and projections for 2050.Frontiers in public health · 2025Article
- Poor Sleep Quality Worsens Static and Dynamic Balance Control in Individuals With Chronic Low Back Pain: A Cross-Sectional Study.Pain research & management · 2025Article
- Application trends and strategies of hydrogel delivery systems in intervertebral disc degeneration: A bibliometric review.Materials today. Bio · 2024Review
- Trends in Physiotherapy of Chronic Low Back Pain Research: Knowledge Synthesis Based on Bibliometric Analysis.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Review
- Unstable thoracolumbar injuries: A bibliometric analysis of the most influential papers.Journal of craniovertebral junction & spineArticle
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14 authors.
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Abstract
Although the number of publications focusing on low back pain in older adults (LBP-O) and working-age adults (LBP-W) has been growing for decades, comparative research trends in these two populations, which may help to guide future investigation, have not been rigorously explored. This analysis aimed to describe publication patterns and trends of research targeting LBP-O and LBP-W over the last three decades. Peer-reviewed LBP-O and LBP-W articles published between 1993 and 2023 were retrieved from the Web of Science, which provided the details of annual publication volume, and prominent journals/countries/institutions. The relationship between the annual publication volumes and years was analyzed by Spearman correlation analysis. The hot topics and emerging trends were analyzed by VOSviewer and CiteSpace, respectively. A total of 4217 LBP-O-related and 50,559 LBP-W-related documents were included. The annual publication volumes of LBP-O and LBP-W articles increased over the years (
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