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The importance of inflammatory biomarkers in non-specific acute and chronic low back pain: a systematic review.
Authors
Pinto EM, Neves JR, Laranjeira M, Reis JAbstract
The purpose of this study was to systematically review the evidence on inflammatory biomarkers as analytic predictors of non-specific low back pain (NsLBP). Low back pain (LBP) is the number one cause of disability globally, posing a major health problem that causes an enormous social and economic burden, and there is an increasing interest on the importance of biomarkers in quantifying and even emerge as potential therapeutic tools to LBP.