Research Topic · Peer-Reviewed

Lower Back Pain

Lower back pain is discomfort, stiffness, or pain affecting the lumbar region of the spine, ranging from a dull ache to sharp or disabling pain. It is one of the most common health complaints and a leading cause of disability worldwide, affecting people across age groups. Most cases are mechanical, arising from stra…

Curated from this journal's research 📚 2 peer-reviewed articles cited Cited 2× across the literature 🔖 ISSN 2694-1201 🗓 Reviewed July 2026

Overview

Lower back pain is discomfort, stiffness, or pain affecting the lumbar region of the spine, ranging from a dull ache to sharp or disabling pain. It is one of the most common health complaints and a leading cause of disability worldwide, affecting people across age groups. Most cases are mechanical, arising from strain or injury to the muscles, ligaments, intervertebral discs, joints, or nerves of the lower back, though pain can also stem from degenerative changes, disc herniation, nerve compression, and other conditions. Symptoms may include localised pain, muscle spasm, reduced mobility, and, when nerves are involved, pain radiating into the legs. Management ranges from physical therapy, exercise, and medication to interventional procedures and, in selected cases, surgery, with treatment guided by the underlying cause and severity. Spine and Neuroscience covers disorders of the spine and nervous system and their treatment, including a report on the use of sacral injection drawn from clinical experience, an interventional approach relevant to managing low back and related regional pain. This page gathers peer-reviewed, open-access research relevant to lower back pain, situating the topic within the journal's coverage of spinal and neurological conditions and the methods used to evaluate and treat them.

Research published in this journal

2 peer-reviewed articles, ranked by relevance. Each links to its DOI.

How this research is being cited

The 2 articles above have been cited 2 times in the scholarly literature. Citation data via OpenAlex and Crossref, updated Jun 2026.

A sample of recent works citing this journal's research on Lower Back Pain, linking to each citing work.

Editorial oversight

Curated from peer-reviewed research published in Spine and Neuroscience (ISSN 2694-1201).

Journal editorial board
Barbara Poletti · Italy Ian James Martins · Australia Domenico Chirchiglia · Italy

This page summarises published research for orientation; it is not medical or professional advice.