AAAPT Diagnostic Criteria for Acute Low Back Pain with and Without Lower Extremity Pain.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Low back pain is one of the most common reasons for which people visit their doctor. Between 12% and 15% of the US population seek care for spine pain each year, with associated costs exceeding $200 billion. Up to 80% of adults will experience acute low back pain at some point in their lives. This staggering prevalence supports the need for increased research to support tailored clinical care of low back pain. This work proposes a multidimensional conceptual taxonomy.

Methods

A multidisciplinary task force of the ACTTION-APS-AAPM Pain Taxonomy (AAAPT) with clinical and research expertise performed a focused review and analysis, applying the AAAPT five-dimensional framework to acute low back pain.

Results

Application of the AAAPT framework yielded the followi

SUBMITTER: Nicol AL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8453619 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature