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Imaging in Medicine

Low Back Pain Impact Factor

Lower back pain is one of the most common medical problems in the world. It is a leading reason why people visit a doctor and affects upwards of 80% of adults at some point in their lives. Lower back pain also contributes to lost time at work and limits physical activity that is detrimental to sustaining quality of life. According to the Global Burden of Disease—a significant study published in the Lancet medical journal—lower back pain is estimated to be a leading cause of disability. But lower back pain is not just an adult disorder, it can affect children and elderly people too. Besides, it's perceived that lower back torment side effects come back every now and then, some of the time all through a lifetime. Another interesting fact is the population is aging and, considering some causes of lower back pain are related to degenerative disorders—such as degenerative disc disease and spinal stenosis—cases of lower back pain are expected to increase. Lower back pain can be categorized as acute, subacute, or chronic. Acute episodes of lower back pain usually last from a few days to 4 weeks and subacute lower back pain lasts between 4 to 12 weeks.2 However, according to the National Institutes of Health, about 20 percent of people with acute back pain go on to develop chronic back pain—defined as pain that lasts 12 weeks or longer. Even in these cases, there are many different treatment options to help relieve lower back pain symptoms. However, severe pain is not always an indication something is seriously wrong.  

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