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MeSH Heading: Low Back Pain
Tree Number(s): C23.888.592.612.107.400
Unique ID: D017116
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D017116
Annotation: "lombo-sciatique" in French texts is indexed here (IM) + SCIATICA (IM)
Scope Note: Acute or chronic pain in the lumbar or sacral regions, which may be associated with musculo-ligamentous SPRAINS AND STRAINS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DISPLACEMENT; and other conditions.
Entry Term(s): Low Back Ache; Low Back Pain, Mechanical; Low Back Pain, Posterior Compartment; Low Back Pain, Postural; Low Back Pain, Recurrent; Low Backache; Lower Back Pain; Lumbago; Mechanical Low Back Pain; Postural Low Back Pain; Recurrent Low Back Pain
NLM Classification #: WE 755
Previous Indexing: Back Pain (1966-1992)
See Also: Sciatica
Public MeSH Note: 1993; see BACKACHE 1987-1992; for LUMBAGO see BACKACHE 1963-1992
History Note: 1993; use BACKACHE 1987-1992; for LUMBAGO use BACKACHE 1963-1992
Date Established: 1993/01/01
Date of Entry: 1992/05/22
Revision Date: 2017/06/20

Allowable Qualifiers: blood (BL)

cerebrospinal fluid (CF)

chemically induced (CI)

classification (CL)

complications (CO)

congenital (CN)

diagnosis (DI)

diagnostic imaging (DG)

diet therapy (DH)

drug therapy (DT)

economics (EC)

embryology (EM)

enzymology (EN)

epidemiology (EP)

ethnology (EH)

etiology (ET)

genetics (GE)

history (HI)

immunology (IM)

metabolism (ME)

microbiology (MI)

mortality (MO)

nursing (NU)

parasitology (PS)

pathology (PA)

physiopathology (PP)

prevention & control (PC)

psychology (PX)

radiotherapy (RT)

rehabilitation (RH)

surgery (SU)

therapy (TH)

urine (UR)

veterinary (VE)

virology (VI)

Concept UI: M0026008
Scope Note: Acute or chronic pain in the lumbar or sacral regions, which may be associated with musculo-ligamentous SPRAINS AND STRAINS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DISPLACEMENT; and other conditions.
Terms: Low Back Pain Preferred Term
Term UI T051114
Date01/01/1999
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1993); Lumbago
Term UI T051115
Date10/09/1991
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1993); Lower Back Pain
Term UI T051113
Date10/09/1991
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1993); Low Back Ache
Term UI T051116
Date10/15/1991
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1993); Low Backache
Term UI T051117
Date10/09/1991
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1993)

Low Back Pain MeSH Descriptor Data 2023