Is puberty a risk factor for back pain in the young? a systematic critical literature review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Back pain is a common condition that starts early in life and seems to increase markedly during puberty. A systematic review was performed in order to investigate the link between puberty and back pain, using some Bradford Hill criteria for causality.

Objectives

We sought to obtain answers to the following questions: 1) Is there an association between puberty and back pain? If so, how strong is this association? And do the results remain unchanged also when controlling for age and sex? 2) Are the results of the studies consistent? 3) Is there a dose-response, showing a link between the increasing stages of puberty and the subsequent prevalence of back pain? 4) Is there a temporal link between puberty and back pain?

Design

A systematic critical literature re

SUBMITTER: Lardon A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4200222 | biostudies-literature | 2014

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature