Research Topic · Peer-Reviewed

Chronic Back Pain

Chronic back pain is persistent pain in the back, most often the lower back, that lasts twelve weeks or longer, frequently continuing beyond the time normally expected for an underlying injury or tissue to heal. It is one of the most common reasons people seek medical care and a leading cause of disability worldwide…

Curated from this journal's research 📚 6 peer-reviewed articles cited Cited 119× across the literature 🔖 ISSN 2688-5328

Overview

Chronic back pain is persistent pain in the back, most often the lower back, that lasts twelve weeks or longer, frequently continuing beyond the time normally expected for an underlying injury or tissue to heal. It is one of the most common reasons people seek medical care and a leading cause of disability worldwide, often reducing mobility, work capacity, and quality of life. Its causes are varied and sometimes difficult to pinpoint, and may include degenerative changes in the spine, disc problems, nerve compression, arthritis, muscular factors, and psychological and social contributors that influence how pain is experienced and sustained. Management is typically multidisciplinary, drawing on physical therapy, exercise, pharmacological treatments, interventional procedures, and psychological approaches. Research published in this journal reflects this breadth: work on first lumbar treatment of chronic mixed low back pain using a high-dose capsaicin 8% patch examines a targeted topical intervention for persistent back pain, while a narrative review on creating music-induced analgesia through endogenous opioid production explores non-pharmacological pathways to relief in chronic pain patients. Together with broader pain management scholarship, these illustrate the field's interest in both interventional and integrative strategies. This page gathers peer-reviewed, open-access research relevant to chronic back pain and its management.

Research published in this journal

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

How this research is being cited

The 6 articles above have been cited 119 times in the scholarly literature. Citation data via OpenAlex and Crossref, updated Nov 2026.

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

Editorial oversight

Curated from peer-reviewed research published in International Journal of Pain Management (ISSN 2688-5328).

Journal editorial board
Anne Manyande · UNITED KINGDOM Charly Gaul · Germany Dimos-Dimitrios Mitsikostas · Greece

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