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Association between sarcopenia and low back pain in local residents prospective cohort study from the GAINA study

Overview of attention for article published in BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders, November 2017
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Title
Association between sarcopenia and low back pain in local residents prospective cohort study from the GAINA study
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BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders, November 2017
DOI 10.1186/s12891-017-1807-7
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Shinji Tanishima, Hiroshi Hagino, Hiromi Matsumoto, Chika Tanimura, Hideki Nagashima

Abstract

Low back pain (LBP) is one of the most common ailments that people experience in their lifetime. On the other hands, Sarcopenia also leads to several physical symptoms and contributes to reducing the quality of life of elderly people.The purpose of this study is to investigate the association between sarcopenia and low back pain among the general population. The subjects included 216 adults (79 men and 137 women; mean age, 73.5 years) undergoing a general medical examination in Hino, Japan. Skeletal muscle index (SMI), The percentage of young adults' mean (%YAM) of the calcaneal bone mass using with quantitative ultrasound (QUS) method and walking speed were measured, and subjects who met the criteria of the Asian Working Group for Sarcopenia were assigned to the sarcopenia group. Subjects with decreased muscle mass only were assigned to the pre-sarcopenia group, and all other subjects were assigned to the normal group. Then, we compared the correlations with low back pain physical finding. The Oswestry Disability Index (ODI) and the low back pain visual analogue scale (VAS) were used as indices of low back pain. Statistical analysis was performed among three groups with respect their characteristic, demographics, data of sarcopenia determining factor, VAS and ODI. We also analysed prevalence of LBP and sarcopenia. We investigated the correlations between ODI and the sarcopenia-determining factors of walking speed, muscle mass and grip strength. Sarcopenia was noted in 12 subjects (5.5%). The pre-sarcopenia group included 38 subjects (17.6%), and the normal group included 166 subjects (76.9%). The mean ODI score was significantly higher in the sarcopenia group (25.2% ± 12.3%; P < 0.05) than in the pre-sarcopenia group (11.2% ± 10.0%) and the normal group (11.9% ± 12.3%). %YAM and BMI were significantly lower in the sarcopenia group than in other groups (P < 0.05). A negative correlation existed between walking speed and ODI (r = -0.32, P < 0.001). The results of this study suggested that decreased physical ability due to quality of life in residents with LBP may be related to sarcopenia.

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Unknown 101 100%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Researcher 13 13%
Other 12 12%
Student > Bachelor 9 9%
Student > Ph. D. Student 8 8%
Student > Master 7 7%
Other 20 20%
Unknown 32 32%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 17 17%
Nursing and Health Professions 15 15%
Sports and Recreations 7 7%
Social Sciences 5 5%
Engineering 3 3%
Other 12 12%
Unknown 42 42%
Attention Score in Context

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This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 5. 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 17 May 2022.
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#6,466,720
of 23,784,266 outputs
Outputs from BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders
#1,201
of 4,170 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#101,736
of 326,732 outputs
Outputs of similar age from BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders
#33
of 86 outputs
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