Diabetes and Back Pain: Markers of Diabetes Disease Progression Are Associated With Chronic Back Pain
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IN BRIEF Diabetes has been associated with the incidence of back pain. However, the relationship between markers of diabetes progression and back pain has not been studied. The objective of this study was to correlate clinical and laboratory measures of diabetes disease severity to the presence of back pain to provide insight into the relationship between these conditions. Findings showed that markers of diabetes disease progression were associated with the presence of back pain, suggesting that uncontrolled diabetes may contribute to the development of chronic back pain.
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- Authors
- Rinaldo, L., McCutcheon, B. A., Gilder, H., Kerezoudis, P., Murphy, M., Maloney, P., Hassoon, A., & Bydon, M.
- Affiliations
- Mayo Clinic (US)
- Johns Hopkins University (US)
- Corresponding author
- Bydon, Mohamad
- ORCID
- Venue
- Clinical Diabetes
- Publisher
- American Diabetes Association
- Published
- 2017-07-01
- Volume
- 35
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 126-131
- ISSN
- 0891-8929 (ISSN-L)
- 1945-4953
- PMC
- PMC5510921
- OpenAlex
- W2596813560
- Cited by
- 45
- References
- 22
- Citations by year
- 2026: 4 · 2025: 2 · 2024: 9 · 2023: 4 · 2022: 6 · 2021: 2 · 2020: 10 · 2019: 2 · 2018: 3 · 2017: 2 · 2016: 1
- FWCI
- 3.25
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- hybrid
- doi.org
- Licence
- Locations
- Clinical Diabetes (publishedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
- Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (publishedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
- PubMed Central (publishedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Pharmacology › Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Physiology › Pain Mechanisms and Treatments
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Pathology and Forensic Medicine › Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology
- Keywords
- diabetes mellitus, chronic back pain, disease severity markers, glycemic control, uncontrolled diabetes
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