2011 Risk Indicators for Severe Upper or Mid Back Pain in Men Medscape

Description: Conclusions. MRI degenerative findings were modestly, but clearly associated with reporting of severe upper or mid back pain, with the association being somewhat less clear for back pain frequency and absent for 1-year prevalence of pain regardless of severity or frequency. The findings suggest a greater role for structural, degenerative findings in severe upper or mid back pain than for back pain complaints regardless of severity, whereas comorbidities were consistently associated with all back pain outcomes.
Risk Indicators for Severe Upper or Mid Back Pain in Men Riikka Niemeläinen, PhD; Michele C. Battié, PhD; Tapio Videman,MD, DrMedSc Authors and Disclosures Posted: 03/09/2011; Spine. 2011;36(5):E326-E333.