COVID-19 Pandemic Increases the Impact of Low Back Pain: A Systematic Review and Metanalysis

In March 2019, the World Health Organization (WHO) recognized the COVID-19 pandemic as a global issue. To reduce the spread of this disease, health safety pathways were implemented worldwide. These extraordinary measures changed people’s lifestyles, e.g., by being forced to isolate, and in many case...

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Published in:International journal of environmental research and public health Vol. 19; no. 8; p. 4599
Main Authors: Papalia, Giuseppe Francesco, Petrucci, Giorgia, Russo, Fabrizio, Ambrosio, Luca, Vadalà, Gianluca, Iavicoli, Sergio, Papalia, Rocco, Denaro, Vincenzo
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: Switzerland MDPI AG 11.04.2022
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Subjects:
Back pain
Bias
Chronic illnesses
Communicable Disease Control
Confidence intervals
Coronaviruses
COVID-19
COVID-19 - epidemiology
Disease transmission
Exercise
Humans
Infections
Low Back Pain - epidemiology
Meta-analysis
Pandemics
Population
Prevalence
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2
Social isolation
Statistical analysis
Systematic Review
COVID-19
remote working
prevalence
low back pain
lockdown experience
pain management
pandemic
physical activity
ISSN:1660-4601, 1661-7827, 1660-4601
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Summary:In March 2019, the World Health Organization (WHO) recognized the COVID-19 pandemic as a global issue. To reduce the spread of this disease, health safety pathways were implemented worldwide. These extraordinary measures changed people’s lifestyles, e.g., by being forced to isolate, and in many cases, to work remotely from home. Low back pain (LBP), the most common cause of disability worldwide, is often a symptom of COVID-19. Moreover, it is often associated with different lifestyle features (type of job, physical activity, body weight). Therefore, the purpose of this systematic review and meta-analysis was to estimate the effect of the COVID-19 lockdown on LBP intensity and prevalence compared with LBP rates before the pandemic. A systematic search was performed on Scopus, PubMed, and Cochrane Central. Overall, eight studies with 2365 patients were included in the analysis. We used the Joanna Briggs Institute (JBI) critical appraisal tool to evaluate the risk of bias: six studies (75%) were at moderate risk of bias and two studies (25%) were at low risk of bias. These studies showed an increase in both the prevalence and intensity of LBP during the COVID-19 lockdown.
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ISSN:1660-4601
1661-7827
1660-4601
DOI:10.3390/ijerph19084599