TY - JOUR
AU - Hancock M.
AU - Steffens D.
AU - Li Q.
AU - Maher C.
AU - Beilken K.
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OBJECTIVE: To investigate the influence of various weather parameters on the risk of developing a low back pain (LBP) episode. DESIGN: Case-crossover study. SETTING: Primary care clinics in Sydney, Australia. SUBJECTS: 981 participants with a new episode of acute LBP. METHODS: Weather parameters were obtained from the Australian Bureau of Meteorology. Odds ratios (OR) and 95% confidence intervals (95% CI) were derived comparing two exposure variables in the case window-(1) the average of the weather variable for the day prior to pain onset and (2) the change in the weather variable from 2 days prior to 1 day prior to pain onset-with exposures in two control windows (1 week and 1 month before the case window). RESULTS: The weather parameters of precipitation, humidity, wind speed, wind gust, wind direction, and air pressure were not associated with the onset of acute LBP. For one of the four analyses, higher temperature slightly increased the odds of pain onset. CONCLUSIONS: Common weather parameters that had been previously linked to musculoskeletal pain, such as precipitation, humidity, wind speed, wind gust, wind direction, and air pressure, do not increase the risk of onset for LBP.
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AD - *Department of Health Professions, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Macquarie University, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.<br/>Musculoskeletal Division, The George Institute for Global Health, Sydney Medical School, The University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.<br/>Musculoskeletal Division, The George Institute for Global Health, Sydney Medical School, The University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia dsteffens@georgeinstitute.org.au.
AN - 27980016
BT - Pain Medicine
CN - [IF]: 2.300
DP - NLM
ET - 2016/12/17
J2 - Pain medicine (Malden, Mass.)
LA - eng
LB - AUS<br/>OCS<br/>MSK<br/>FY17
N1 - Beilken, Keira<br/>Hancock, Mark J<br/>Maher, Chris G<br/>Li, Qiang<br/>Steffens, Daniel<br/>England<br/>Pain Med. 2016 Dec 15. pii: pnw126.
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OBJECTIVE: To investigate the influence of various weather parameters on the risk of developing a low back pain (LBP) episode. DESIGN: Case-crossover study. SETTING: Primary care clinics in Sydney, Australia. SUBJECTS: 981 participants with a new episode of acute LBP. METHODS: Weather parameters were obtained from the Australian Bureau of Meteorology. Odds ratios (OR) and 95% confidence intervals (95% CI) were derived comparing two exposure variables in the case window-(1) the average of the weather variable for the day prior to pain onset and (2) the change in the weather variable from 2 days prior to 1 day prior to pain onset-with exposures in two control windows (1 week and 1 month before the case window). RESULTS: The weather parameters of precipitation, humidity, wind speed, wind gust, wind direction, and air pressure were not associated with the onset of acute LBP. For one of the four analyses, higher temperature slightly increased the odds of pain onset. CONCLUSIONS: Common weather parameters that had been previously linked to musculoskeletal pain, such as precipitation, humidity, wind speed, wind gust, wind direction, and air pressure, do not increase the risk of onset for LBP.
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PY - 2016
SN - 1526-4637 (Electronic)<br/>1526-2375 (Linking)
ST - Pain Med.
T2 - Pain Medicine
TI - Acute Low Back Pain? Do Not Blame the Weather-A Case-Crossover Study
Y2 - FY17
ER -