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A Consensus Approach Toward the Standardization of Back Pain Definitions for Use in Prevalence Studies

Spine · 2008 · Vol. 33(1) · pp. 95–103

Clermont E. Dionne✉(Université Laval)Kate M. Dunn(Keele University)Peter Croft(Keele University)Alf NachemsonRachelle Buchbinder(The Alfred Hospital)Bruce F. Walker(Murdoch University)Mary Wyatt(The Alfred Hospital)J. David Cassidy(Krembil Research Institute)Michel Rossignol(McGill University)Charlotte Leboeuf‐YdeJan HartvigsenPäivi Leino‐Arjas(Finnish Institute of Occupational Health)Ute Latza(Universität Hamburg)Shmuel Reis(Technion – Israel Institute of Technology)María Teresa Gil del Real(Fundación Kovacs)Francisco M. Kovacs(Fundación Kovacs)Birgitta Öberg(Linköping University)Christine Cedraschi(University Hospital of Geneva)L.M. Bouter(Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam)Bart W. Koes(Erasmus MC)H. Susan J. Picavet(National Institute for Public Health and the Environment)Maurits W. van Tulder(Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam)Kim BurtonNadine E. Foster(Keele University)Gary J. Macfarlane(University of Aberdeen)Elaine Thomas(Keele University)Martin Underwood(Queen Mary University of London)Gordon Waddell(Cardiff University)Paul Shekelle(VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System)Ernest Volinn(University of Utah)Michael Von Korff(Group Health Cooperative)

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Abstract

These definitions provide standards that may improve future comparisons of low back pain prevalence figures by person, place and time characteristics, and offer opportunities for statistical summaries.

Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation Delphi Technique in Research Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of LifeMedicineLow back painSciaticaBack painDelphi methodPhysical therapyPopulationStandardizationMEDLINEEpidemiology

MeSH terms

Activities of Daily LivingDelphi TechniqueDisability EvaluationExpert TestimonyHumansInternational CooperationTerminology as TopicSeverity of Illness IndexLow Back Pain