"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.
Acute or chronic pain located in the posterior regions of the THORAX; LUMBOSACRAL REGION; or the adjacent regions.
| Descriptor ID |
D001416
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C23.888.592.612.107
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| Concept/Terms |
Back Pain- Back Pain
- Back Pains
- Pain, Back
- Pains, Back
- Backache
- Backaches
- Back Ache
- Ache, Back
- Aches, Back
- Back Aches
Vertebrogenic Pain Syndrome- Vertebrogenic Pain Syndrome
- Pain Syndrome, Vertebrogenic
- Pain Syndromes, Vertebrogenic
- Syndrome, Vertebrogenic Pain
- Syndromes, Vertebrogenic Pain
- Vertebrogenic Pain Syndromes
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| 1999 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2000 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2006 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2007 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2008 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2009 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2010 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 2011 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2012 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2013 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2014 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 2015 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2016 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| 2017 | 2 | 6 | 8 |
| 2018 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 2019 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2020 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 2021 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2022 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 2023 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 2024 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2025 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Back Pain" by people in Profiles.
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Factors associated with long-term deterioration in back pain after surgical treatment for low-grade lumbar spondylolisthesis at 2 and 5 years: an evaluation from the Quality Outcomes Database spondylolisthesis data. J Neurosurg Spine. 2025 Oct 17; 44(2):180-187.
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Delphi Consensus Revealing the Thoughts of Pain Management and Referral Specialties on the Use of SCS for Chronic Back Pain Patients Not Suitable for Spine Surgery. Pain Pract. 2025 Sep; 25(7):e70069.
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Does back pain catastrophizing influence 60-month surgical outcomes for patients with degenerative lumbar spondylolisthesis? A Quality Outcomes Database study. J Neurosurg Spine. 2025 Nov 01; 43(5):529-539.
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Common interventional procedures for chronic non-cancer spine pain: a systematic review and network meta-analysis of randomised trials. BMJ. 2025 02 19; 388:e079971.
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Engineered extracellular vesicle-based gene therapy for the treatment of discogenic back pain. Biomaterials. 2024 Jul; 308:122562.
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Clinical Relevance of Painful Congenital Early-onset Scoliosis: A Magnetic Resonance Image-based Study. J Pediatr Orthop. 2024 Apr 01; 44(4):232-235.
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Does diabetes affect outcome or reoperation rate after lumbar decompression or arthrodesis? A matched analysis of the Quality Outcomes Database data set. J Neurosurg Spine. 2024 03 01; 40(3):331-342.
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Incidence of Severe Adverse Drug Reactions to Ultrasound Enhancement Agents in a Contemporary Echocardiography Practice. J Am Soc Echocardiogr. 2024 03; 37(3):276-284.e3.
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Treatment of Refractory Low Back Pain Using Passive Recharge Burst in Patients Without Options for Corrective Surgery: Findings and Results From the DISTINCT Study, a Prospective Randomized Multicenter Controlled Trial. Neuromodulation. 2023 Oct; 26(7):1387-1399.
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Minimally invasive versus open transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion for grade I lumbar spondylolisthesis: 5-year follow-up from the prospective multicenter Quality Outcomes Database registry. Neurosurg Focus. 2023 01; 54(1):E2.