Association between temperature and back pain among lumbar disc herniation patients

Purpose: This paper was designed to critically provide empirical evidence for the relationship between temperature and intensity of back pain among people with lumbar disc herniation (LDH). Methods: Distributed lag linear and non-linear models (DLNM) was used to evaluate the relationship between lag-response and exposure to ambient temperature. Stratification was based on age and gender. Results: When daily average temperature was on the rage of 15-23℃, the risk of hospitalization was at the lowest level for men group. About below 10℃, risk for male hospitalization could keep increase when lag day were during lag0-lag5 and lag20-lag28. 40