LIFESTYLE OF INDIVIDUALS WITH CHRONIC LOW BACK PAIN CAPTURED BY WEARABLE SENSORS: A SCOPING REVIEW

INTRODUCTION: Research shows that lifestyle changes are associated with chronic low back pain (CLBP). However, most of the results are based on subjective measures. Therefore, it is pertinent to explore studies that have used sensors to capture lifestyle measures and identify their contribution in studying this association. OBJECTIVE: To explore the current literature on EV measures captured by wearable sensors and the associations between these measures and CLBP. METHODS: We are going to conduct a literature search in the databases MEDLINE/PUBMED, SCOPUS, and EBSCO with a 10-year filter. The keywords used were "low back pain," "wearables," "lifestyle," and synonyms. Eligibility criteria: observational study, involvement of low back pain, sensors, and lifestyle in real-life settings. For each included study, information regarding the title, study type, objective, number of participants and age, sensors used, sensor location, sensor wear time, variable measured with the sensor, extracted parameters (how raw data was transformed into activity), and association between low back pain and lifestyle were extracted. The information will be descriptively grouped and expressed in percentages

Exercise treatments for chronic low back pain: a network meta-analysis

Objectives: This is a protocol for a Cochrane Review (intervention). The objectives are as follows:. The objectives of this systematic review, conducted using a collaborative review model, are to:. Assess the effectiveness of exercise treatment (overall) in adults with chronic non-specific low back pain on important individual health outcomes: pain, functional limitations, health-related quality of life, depression, and adverse effects versus comparison treatments: (a) placebo, sham, or attention control, (b) no trial treatment (including waiting lists, control groups described as having no treatment provided, usual/normal care not controlled by the trial available to all treatment groups, or when the exercise and comparison groups receive the same co-interventions, allowing the effect of exercise treatment to be isolated), and (c) other conservative treatments (eight categories). Estimate the treatment effects and associated uncertainty for comparisons of different specific types of exercise treatment in adults with chronic non-specific low back pain to each other, and to each comparison treatment, using direct and indirect evidence with network meta-analysis. Estimate the treatment effects and associated uncertainty for comparisons of treatments composed of different exercise type categories, design, delivery, dose, and additional treatment components, and their combinations, using direct and indirect evidence with component network meta-analysis