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. 2017 Jul;35(3):126-131.
doi: 10.2337/cd16-0011.

Diabetes and Back Pain: Markers of Diabetes Disease Progression Are Associated With Chronic Back Pain

Lorenzo Rinaldo  1 , Brandon A McCutcheon  1 , Hannah Gilder  1 , Panagiotis Kerezoudis  1 , Meghan Murphy  1 , Patrick Maloney  1 , Ahmed Hassoon  2 , Mohamad Bydon  1
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Diabetes and Back Pain: Markers of Diabetes Disease Progression Are Associated With Chronic Back Pain

Lorenzo Rinaldo et al. Clin Diabetes. 2017 Jul.

Abstract

IN BRIEF Diabetes has been associated with the incidence of back pain. However, the relationship between markers of diabetes progression and back pain has not been studied. The objective of this study was to correlate clinical and laboratory measures of diabetes disease severity to the presence of back pain to provide insight into the relationship between these conditions. Findings showed that markers of diabetes disease progression were associated with the presence of back pain, suggesting that uncontrolled diabetes may contribute to the development of chronic back pain.

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