I did some research a little while ago looking at what factors can be identified in children that could predict that they would suffer with chronic low back pain as adults. Of all the things you might immediately think of - height, weight, carrying a heavy school bag, sports participation, sedentary lifestyle - none of these things can be validated in the research. The only factors for which there is strong evidence in many papers for predicting chronic low back pain as adults is experiencing psychosocial distress as children and smoking. Smoking is generally tied up with psychosocial status anyway. Interesting isn't it!
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