Relationship between Diabetes Mellitus and Low Back Pain in the Clinics of Traditional Iranian Medicine

Abstract

Low back pain is commonly identified among diabetic patients, yet it is not determined if there is a causal association. The aim of this study was to identify associations between low back pain and diabetes in an Iranian population. This cross-sectional study was done on the patients with low back pain referred to traditional medicine clinics in Tabriz, East Azarbayjan, Iran, 2019. A short checklist about the presence diabetes and body mass index was applied to identify diabetic patients. Totally 210patients participated in our study. A total of 31 women (23.6%) and 21 men (26.5%) reported that they had diabetes. Our study found that that the prevalence of low back pain in diabetic patients was approximately greater than non-diabetic patients.