Can a nonspecific back pain be associated with caffeine consumption and dietary habits?

Diracoglu D., Karan A., Aydogan A., Sencan S., Aydin R., Orhan Y., ...Daha Fazla

NOBEL MEDICUS, cilt.4, sa.2, ss.26-30, 2008 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 4 Sayı: 2
  • Basım Tarihi: 2008
  • Dergi Adı: NOBEL MEDICUS
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.26-30
  • İstanbul Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Objective: Non-specific low back pain is a clinical condition which can occur in association with many different causes. Various risk factors for non-specific low back pain include nutritional habits. Excessive caffeine intake is thought to increase the low back pain and the several studies have been conducted about this topic. In this study, the patients with chronic low back pain were compared with the healthy controls without low back pain of the same gender and same age in terms of caffeine intake and nutritional habits.