Trends of Low Back Pain Research in Older and Working-Age Adults from 1993 to 2023: A Bibliometric Analysis

• Main Authors: Zheng DKY, Kawchuk GN, Bussières AE, Al Zoubi FM, Hartvigsen J, Fu SN, de Luca K, Weiner DK, Karppinen J, Samartzis D, Ferreira ML, Wu J, Dennett L, Wong AY
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Dove Medical Press 2023
• Subjects: low back pain; older adults; working-age adults; bibliometrics; intervertebral disc degeneration; physical activity; surgery; Medicine (General); R5-920; Brisbane; Canada; Ferreira; Queensland; karelia*
• Online Access: https://doaj.org/article/c64ce07a673f4def8502ee3410a78bc7

Daniel KY Zheng,1 Gregory N Kawchuk,2 André E Bussières,3,4 Fadi M Al Zoubi,1 Jan Hartvigsen,5 Siu Ngor Fu,1 Katie de Luca,6 Debra K Weiner,7,8 Jaro Karppinen,9,10 Dino Samartzis,11 Manuela L Ferreira,12 Jinlong Wu,13 Liz Dennett,2 Arnold YL Wong1 1Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hung Hom, Hong Kong SAR, People’s Republic of China; 2University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada; 3Université McGill, Montreal, Canada; 4Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières, Trois‑Rivières, Canada; 5University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark; 6Central Queensland University, Brisbane, Australia; 7University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA; 8VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System, Pittsburgh, PA, USA; 9Research Unit of Health Sciences and Technology, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland; 10Rehabilitation Services of South Karelia Social and Health Care District, Lappeenranta, Finland; 11Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL, USA; 12The University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia; 13Southwest University, Chongqing, People’s Republic of ChinaCorrespondence: Arnold YL Wong, Department of Rehabilitation Sciences, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hung Hom, Hong Kong SAR, People’s Republic of China, Tel [phone], Email [e-mail]: Although the number of publications focusing on low back pain in older adults (LBP-O) and working-age adults (LBP-W) has been growing for decades, comparative research trends in these two populations, which may help to guide future investigation, have not been rigorously explored. This analysis aimed to describe publication patterns and trends of research targeting LBP-O and LBP-W over the last three decades. Peer-reviewed LBP-O and LBP-W articles published between 1993 and 2023 were retrieved from the Web of Science, which provided the details of annual publication volume, and prominent journals/countries/institutions. The relationship between the annual publication volumes and years was analyzed by Spearman correlation analysis. The hot topics and emerging trends were analyzed by ...