Global Trends in Risk Factors for Low Back Pain: An Analysis of the Global Burden of Disease Study Data From 1990 to 2021.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

The increasing burden associated with low back pain (LBP) is a critical issue. This is a novel analysis of trends in risk factors for LBP aiming to identify risk factors that require further attention or consideration in global policies to reduce the burden of LBP.

Methods

The Global Burden of Disease study metadata were used to describe the trends in three modifiable categories of risk factors that contribute to the burden associated with LBP. The trends in occupational/ergonomic, behavioral (smoking), and metabolic (high body mass index [BMI]) risk factors for LBP between 1990 and 2021 have been described with attention to global areas, high sociodemographic index (SDI) areas, and low SDI areas.

Results

The number of years lived with disability (YLDs) caus

SUBMITTER: Roberts KE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12209496 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature