The usual cause of back pain is ageing. However, according to a new research from Professor Gregory Livshits of Tel Aviv University’’s Department of Anatomy and Anthropology at the Sackler Faculty of Medicine shows that genes have a wide contribution to this pain.
The results of their study can help identify the different mechanisms involved in back pain and lead to more effective treatment options.
The team’’s research has proved that genes play an important role in lower back pain and the decay of intervertebral discs of the spine as well.
Astonishingly, according to Prof. Livshits, lower back pain and disk decay do not always overlap, and are caused by different genes factors.
Prof. Livshits and his team looked at a sample twin population of 2,500 individuals, comprising both identical and non-identical female twins. They tested for several potential risk factors, such as smoking, weight, physical work, vertebral disc decay malady as well as genes liability.
In non-identical twins who share half of their genetic make-up, patients were almost three times more likely to suffer from back pain if their twin did so as well. In identical twins, who share all of their genes, the patient was six times more likely to have joint malady if their twin experienced the same joint malady.
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