فهرست نشریات علمی دسترسی آزاد ایران

Objective: Adult spinal deformity is a common public health issue worldwide caused by changes in the normal curves of the spine, at times leading to axial spine pain. This study measures changes in the normal curves of the spine, especially thoracic kyphosis and lumbar lordosis, and correlates them with subjective axial pain scores to find how anatomic changes in thoracic and lumbar curves relate to the subjective pain.Methods: This is a descriptive-analytical epidemiological study conducted in Ahvaz Golestan Hospital. In this study, 52 patients were selected by non-randomized convenience sampling of patients with axial spine pain referred to Golestan Hospital between October 2023 and June 2024. Thoracic kyphosis and lumbar lordosis were detected in the selected patients using long-standing radiographs. Then, using pelvic incidence, ΔTK and ΔLL were calculated, and their relation to axial spine pain was studied. We used the Pearson correlation coefficient to examine the relation between spine-related measurements and Visual Analogue Scale (VAS) scores. The distribution of the changes followed a normal distribution (Gaussian distribution) pattern, so Pearson correlation coefficient was employed.Results: On average, lumbar lordosis in these people showed a mean decrease of 10 degrees compared to normal lumbar lordosis, and average thoracic kyphosis showed a mean increase of 15 degrees compared to the normal thoracic kyphosis. In the study of the global pain scale and comparing the intensity of pain with changes in thoracic kyphosis (ΔTK) and lumbar lordosis (ΔLL), axial pain was most associated with changes in thoracic kyphosis (ΔTK) (P < 0.001).Conclusion: In the treatment of axial spine pain, the intensity of pain is more related to changes in thoracic kyphosis rather than lumbar lordosis. This can help researchers to propose further studies on correcting thoracic kyphosis to obtain better axial spine pain relief.