Transient and Long-Term Risks of Common Physical Activities in People With Low Back Pain.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Physical activity is considered to have both detrimental and beneficial effects on low back pain (LBP).

Objectives

To examine the association of transient (short-term) risk of 10 common physical activities with participant-reported LBP exacerbations (flares) and to estimate cumulative (long-term) risks of each activity with LBP-related functional limitations at 1-year follow-up.

Design, setting, and participants

This prospective, longitudinal case-crossover study nested in a cohort study recruited adults with recent health care visits for LBP at outpatient clinics in Veterans Affairs primary care from March 25, 2021, to September 21, 2023. Participants were followed up for 1 year.

Exposures

The number of hours engaged in each activity in the past 24

SUBMITTER: Suri P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12690428 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature