Open AccessAssociation between radicular low back pain and constipation: a retrospective cohort study using a real-world national database
Author(s) -
Robert J. Trager,
Shaffer Mok,
Kayla Schlick,
Jaime A. Perez,
Jeffery A. Dusek
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
pain reports
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.113
H-Index - 15
ISSN - 2471-2531
DOI - 10.1097/pr9.0000000000000954
Subject(s) - medicine , odds ratio , constipation , confidence interval , propensity score matching , lumbar spinal stenosis , cohort study , retrospective cohort study , low back pain , cohort , physical therapy , surgery , lumbar , pathology , alternative medicine
Supplemental Digital Content is Available in the Text. The results from a large sample suggest there is no clinically significant increase in odds of constipation in lumbosacral radiculopathy compared with nonradicular low back pain.