Impact of different acute low back pain definitions on the predictors and on the risk of transition to chronic low back pain: a prospective longitudinal cohort study.

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Abstract

Inconsistencies in the identification of predictors for the transition from acute low back pain (aLBP) to chronic LBP (cLBP) may be attributed to the varying definitions of aLBP used in different studies. We investigated how adopting different aLBP definitions affects the set of predictors and the risk of transition to cLBP (LBP > 3 months that caused a problem for at least half the days in the past 6 months). We leveraged data from the ongoing prospective Quebec Low Back Pain Study to compose 3 aLBP groups at baseline: nonchronic (individuals not meeting the cLBP criteria, n = 788), acute (LBP < 3 months, n = 230), and new episode (LBP < 3 months preceded by ≥3 pain-free months, n = 182). The primary outcome was the transition to cLBP at 6 months. We built predictive mode

SUBMITTER: Osagie RO 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12519535 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature