Back Pain

"Back Pain" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

MeSH information

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Acute or chronic pain located in the posterior regions of the THORAX; LUMBOSACRAL REGION; or the adjacent regions.

Descriptor ID	D001416
MeSH Number(s)	C23.888.592.612.107
Concept/Terms	Back Pain Back Pain Back Pains Pain, Back Pains, Back Backache Backaches Back Ache Ache, Back Aches, Back Back Aches Back Pain without Radiation Back Pain without Radiation Vertebrogenic Pain Syndrome Vertebrogenic Pain Syndrome Pain Syndrome, Vertebrogenic Pain Syndromes, Vertebrogenic Syndrome, Vertebrogenic Pain Syndromes, Vertebrogenic Pain Vertebrogenic Pain Syndromes Back Pain with Radiation Back Pain with Radiation

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Diseases [C]
Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms [C23]
Signs and Symptoms [C23.888]
Neurologic Manifestations [C23.888.592]
Pain [C23.888.592.612]
Back Pain [C23.888.592.612.107]

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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Back Pain" by people in this website by year, and whether "Back Pain" was a major or minor topic of these publications.

Bar chart showing 22 publications over 20 distinct years, with a maximum of 2 publications in 2014 and 2018

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
1999	0	1	1
2002	0	1	1
2003	1	0	1
2004	0	1	1
2005	0	1	1
2006	0	1	1
2009	0	1	1
2010	1	0	1
2011	1	0	1
2012	1	0	1
2013	1	0	1
2014	1	1	2
2015	1	0	1
2017	0	1	1
2018	0	2	2
2019	1	0	1
2020	1	0	1
2021	1	0	1
2023	0	1	1
2024	1	0	1

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Dionicio P, Monroe KS, Eikey EV, Campbell C, Behar AI, Godino JG, Gombatto SP. El Dolor Es Lo Que Me Saluda: A Qualitative Study on Multilevel and Intersectional Factors Impacting Physical Activity Among Latino Persons With Chronic Spine Pain. J Phys Act Health. 2026 May 01; 23(5):745-753.

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Dionicio P, Gombatto SP, Lin SF, Dubose D, Greenfield J, Haas M, Robinett A, Robinson M, Shogan R, Crespo N, Behar A, Monroe KS. Correlates of physical activity and sedentary behavior among Latino persons with spine pain. Health Psychol. 2026 Jan; 45(1):102-112.

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Monroe KS, Archer KR, Wegener ST, Dionicio P, Arredondo EM, Ayala GX, Rodriguez C, Van Dyke J, Liu J, Gombatto SP. Use of Intervention Mapping to Adapt a Psychologically Informed Physical Therapy Telerehabilitation Intervention for Latino Persons With Chronic Spine Pain. J Pain. 2025 Jan; 26:104685.

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Yang H, Hurwitz EL, Li J, de Luca K, Tavares P, Green B, Haldeman S. Bidirectional Comorbid Associations between Back Pain and Major Depression in US Adults. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2023 02 27; 20(5).

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Medina-Cintr?n N, Mart?nez I, P?rez-R?os N, Berr?os-L?pez Y, Vil? LM. Clinical Manifestations and Outcomes in Disease-Modifying Antirheumatic Drug-Naive Adult Patients with Chronic Chikungunya Arthritis. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2021 03 08; 104(5):1741-1746.

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Rundell SD, Resnik L, Heagerty PJ, Kumar A, Jarvik JG. Performance of the Functional Comorbidity Index (FCI) in Prognostic Models for Risk Adjustment in Patients With Back Pain. PM R. 2020 09; 12(9):891-898.

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Eaves ER, Hsu CW, DeBar LL, Livingston CJ, Ocker LE, McDonald SJ, Dillon-Sumner L, Ritenbaugh C. Whole Systems Within Whole Systems: The Oregon Health Plan's Expansion of Services for Back and Neck Pain. J Altern Complement Med. 2019 Mar; 25(S1):S61-S68.

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Haldeman S, Nordin M, Chou R, C?t? P, Hurwitz EL, Johnson CD, Randhawa K, Green BN, Kopansky-Giles D, Acaroglu E, Ameis A, Cedraschi C, Aartun E, Adjei-Kwayisi A, Ayhan S, Aziz A, Bas T, Blyth F, Borenstein D, Brady O, Brooks P, Camilleri C, Castellote JM, Clay MB, Davatchi F, Dudler J, Dunn R, Eberspaecher S, Emmerich J, Farcy JP, Fisher-Jeffes N, Goertz C, Grevitt M, Griffith EA, Hajjaj-Hassouni N, Hartvigsen J, Hondras M, Kane EJ, Laplante J, Lemeunier N, Mayer J, Mior S, Mmopelwa T, Modic M, Moss J, Mullerpatan R, Muteti E, Mwaniki L, Ngandeu-Singwe M, Outerbridge G, Rajasekaran S, Shearer H, Smuck M, S?nmez E, Tavares P, Taylor-Vaisey A, Torres C, Torres P, van der Horst A, Verville L, Vialle E, Kumar GV, Vlok A, Watters W, Wong CC, Wong JJ, Yu H, Y?ksel S. The Global Spine Care Initiative: World Spine Care executive summary on reducing spine-related disability in low- and middle-income communities. Eur Spine J. 2018 09; 27(Suppl 6):776-785.

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Nordin M, Randhawa K, Torres P, Yu H, Haldeman S, Brady O, C?t? P, Torres C, Modic M, Mullerpatan R, Cedraschi C, Chou R, Acaroglu E, Hurwitz EL, Lemeunier N, Dudler J, Taylor-Vaisey A, S?nmez E. The Global Spine Care Initiative: a systematic review for the assessment of spine-related complaints in populations with limited resources and in low- and middle-income communities. Eur Spine J. 2018 09; 27(Suppl 6):816-827.

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Shumate AM, Yeoman K, Victoroff T, Evans K, Karr R, Sanchez T, Sood A, Laney AS. Morbidity and Health Risk Factors Among New Mexico Miners: A Comparison Across Mining Sectors. J Occup Environ Med. 2017 08; 59(8):789-794.

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