Recurrence of Low Back Pain is Common ...

🔺Low back pain does have a good natural history with many recovering over a 4-6 week period. However many go on and develop recurrent symptoms.

🔺This current study looked at two main questions:

1️⃣ How commonly and how quickly does LBP reoccur in a cohort of people who have recently recovered from an episode of LBP?

2️⃣ What are the prognostic factors for a recurrence of LBP

👥 n = 250 subjects who had recovered from an episode of low back pain within the past month.

🤕 About 70% of people in the study had a recurrence of low back pain during follow-up.

🤔 Prognostic factors for a recurrence:
- Exposure to awkward posture, long time sitting, and more than two previous episodes of low back pain.

https://www.sciencedirect.com/…/artic…/pii/S1836955319300591