The etiologies of low back pain in patients with lumbar disk herniation
Joint Authors
Samini, Fariboorz
Gharedaghi, Muhammad
Khajavi, Mahdi
Samini, Muhammad
Source
Iranian Red Crescent Medical Journal
Issue
Vol. 16, Issue 10 (31 Oct. 2014), pp.1-5, 5 p.
Publisher
Publication Date
2014-10-31
Country of Publication
United Arab Emirates
No. of Pages
5
Main Subjects
Topics
Abstract EN
Background : Low back pain (LBP) is a common complaint in population that lowers the quality of life.
The main etiology of LBP is recognized in about 20 % of patients while it is attributed to lumbar disk herniation (LDH) in 80 % of cases and causes some unnecessary lumbar surgeries without realizing the definite cause.
Objectives : This study was planned to evaluate the etiologies of LBP in patients who had LDH to clarify whether the disc herniation is the main cause of patients’ pain or other diseases were responsible for this kind of pain.
Materials and Methods : In this cross-sectional study, we analyzed the medical profiles of the patients with proven LDH in a private clinic in Mashhad City, Iran, between 2005 and 2012, for demographic and the etiologies of LBP with clinical and paraclinical studies.
We also calculated the incidence of each etiology by SPSS 13.
Results : In our study, among 1250 patients with proven LDH by MRI, 500 patients (40 %) had chronic LBP and the most common causes of LBP were heavy constant working (40.2 %), osteoporosis (35.6 %), and sacroiliac joint pain (34.6 %), consecutively.
Interestingly, LDH had the ninth rank among the common cause of LBP.
Conclusions : In this study, we found that in spite of previous beliefs, discopathies were not common etiologies of LBP.
Thus, even in patients with proven LDH by imaging studies, the physician should perform a thorough evaluation for other causes of LBP to avoid unnecessary lumbar surgeries.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Samini, Fariboorz& Gharedaghi, Muhammad& Khajavi, Mahdi& Samini, Muhammad. 2014. The etiologies of low back pain in patients with lumbar disk herniation. Iranian Red Crescent Medical Journal،Vol. 16, no. 10, pp.1-5.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-416730
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Samini, Fariboorz…[et al.]. The etiologies of low back pain in patients with lumbar disk herniation. Iranian Red Crescent Medical Journal Vol. 16, no. 10 (Oct. 2014), pp.1-5.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-416730
American Medical Association (AMA)
Samini, Fariboorz& Gharedaghi, Muhammad& Khajavi, Mahdi& Samini, Muhammad. The etiologies of low back pain in patients with lumbar disk herniation. Iranian Red Crescent Medical Journal. 2014. Vol. 16, no. 10, pp.1-5.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-416730
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references : p. 4-5
Record ID
BIM-416730