Diseases

Low Back Pain

Acute or chronic pain in the lumbar or sacral regions, which may be associated with musculo-ligamentous SPRAINS AND STRAINS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DISPLACEMENT; and other conditions.

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Structured Summary

Abstract

Acute or chronic pain in the lumbar or sacral regions, which may be associated with musculo-ligamentous SPRAINS AND STRAINS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DISPLACEMENT; and other conditions.

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Synonyms

29 entry terms
  • Low Back Ache
  • Low Backache
  • Lower Back Pain
  • Lumbago
  • Ache, Low Back
  • Aches, Low Back
  • Back Ache, Low
  • Back Aches, Low
  • Back Pain, Low
  • Back Pain, Lower
  • Back Pains, Low
  • Back Pains, Lower
  • Backache, Low
  • Backaches, Low
  • Low Back Aches
  • Low Back Pains
  • Low Backaches
  • Lower Back Pains
  • Pain, Low Back
  • Pain, Lower Back
  • Pains, Low Back
  • Pains, Lower Back
  • Low Back Pain, Mechanical
  • Low Back Pain, Posterior Compartment
  • Low Back Pain, Postural
  • Low Back Pain, Recurrent
  • Mechanical Low Back Pain
  • Postural Low Back Pain
  • Recurrent Low Back Pain

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Aspects Covered

35 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.

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Indexing Annotation

"lombo-sciatique" in French texts is indexed here (IM) + SCIATICA (IM)

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History Note

1993; use BACKACHE 1987-1992; for LUMBAGO use BACKACHE 1963-1992

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Previous Indexing

  • Back Pain (1966-1992)

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Tree Number

  1. C23.888w.592.612w.107w.400w

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NLM Classification

WE 755

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Low Back Pain. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D017116. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D017116
  2. Low Back Pain. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Low_back_pain
  3. Low Back Pain. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q852163