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| Title |
Association of back pain with hypovitaminosis D in postmenopausal women with low bone mass
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| Published in |
BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders, June 2013
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| DOI | 10.1186/1471-2474-14-184 |
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| Authors |
Ariane Viana de Souza e Silva, Paulo Gustavo Sampaio Lacativa, Luis Augusto Tavares Russo, Luiz Henrique de Gregório, Renata Alexandra Calixto Pinheiro, Lizanka Paola Figueiredo Marinheiro |
| Abstract |
BACKGROUND: Back pain is a major public health problem due to its high frequency, to the resulting activity constraint, and the need for surgery in many cases. Back pain is more frequent in women than men, mainly in postmenopausal women. High prevalence of hypovitaminosis D has been detected in postmenopausal women, and it is associated with decreased bone mass, sarcopenia, vertebral fractures, and inflammation, which can be related to back pain. METHODS: The relation between back pain and hypovitaminosis D was evaluated in this study, as well the difference regarding the number of bedridden days, number of days away from work, and daily activities limitation between women with and without hypovitaminosis D. This study reviewed baseline data from an interventional phase III multicenter trial in low bone mass postmenopausal women. The study included demographic data, 25OHD determinations, Newitt/Cummings questionnaire on back pain, and vertebral fracture identified thought X-ray evaluation. RESULTS: The trial included 9354 participants, but only 9305 underwent all the evaluations. The age median was 67 (60 - 85 years old) and age at menopause was 49 (18 - 72 years). Hypovitaminosis D was found in 22.5% of the subjects, 15.3% of them had vertebral fractures, 67.5% with back pain, and 14.8% reduced their daily activities in the previous six months. Subjects with hypovitaminosis D, compared to those without hypovitaminosis D, reported more back pain (69.5 v 66.9%, p: 0.022), more cases of severe back pain (8.5% v 6.8%, p: 0,004), higher limitation in their daily activities (17.2 v 14.0%, p: 0.001), and more fractures (17.4 v 14.6%, p: 0,002); also, they had more trouble to perform daily activities addressed in the Newwit/Cummings questionnaire. CONCLUSION: Hypovitaminosis D was related to back pain, to its severity, and to difficulty in perform daily activities.Trial registration: ClinicalTrial.gov: NCT00088010. |
X Demographics
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 6 | 32% |
| Spain | 2 | 11% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 5% |
| India | 1 | 5% |
| Germany | 1 | 5% |
| New Zealand | 1 | 5% |
| Canada | 1 | 5% |
| France | 1 | 5% |
| Unknown | 5 | 26% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 14 | 74% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 3 | 16% |
| Scientists | 2 | 11% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 109 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 109 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Master | 23 | 21% |
| Researcher | 11 | 10% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 11 | 10% |
| Other | 8 | 7% |
| Student > Bachelor | 5 | 5% |
| Other | 20 | 18% |
| Unknown | 31 | 28% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 33 | 30% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 16 | 15% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 7 | 6% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 4 | 4% |
| Neuroscience | 4 | 4% |
| Other | 12 | 11% |
| Unknown | 33 | 30% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 99. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 24 February 2024.
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#421,445
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#42
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#2,831
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#2
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