Open AccessHow Common Is Back Pain and What Biopsychosocial Factors Are Associated With Back Pain in Patients With Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis?
Author(s) -
Arnold Y. L. Wong,
Dino Samartzis,
Jason Pui Yin Cheung
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
clinical orthopaedics and related research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.178
H-Index - 204
eISSN - 1528-1132
pISSN - 0009-921X
DOI - 10.1097/corr.0000000000000569
Subject(s) - medicine , scoliosis , back pain , cobb angle , physical therapy , low back pain , deformity , biopsychosocial model , lumbar , medical record , surgery , alternative medicine , pathology , psychiatry
Adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS) is the most common spine deformity in adolescent patients. Although structural deformity may affect spinal biomechanics of patients with AIS, little is known regarding various period prevalence proportions of back pain and chronic back pain and factors associated with back pain in such patients.