Prevention and management of degenerative lumbar spine disorders through artificial intelligence-based decision support systems: a systematic review.

Journal: BMC musculoskeletal disorders
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Abstract

BACKGROUND: Low back pain is the leading cause of disability worldwide with a significant socioeconomic burden; artificial intelligence (AI) has proved to have a great potential in supporting clinical decisions at each stage of the healthcare process. In this article, we have systematically reviewed the available literature on the applications of AI-based Decision Support Systems (DSS) in the clinical prevention and management of Low Back Pain (LBP) due to lumbar degenerative spine disorders.

Authors

  • Paolo Giaccone
    Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Campus Bio-Medico, Via Alvaro del Portillo, 200, Rome, 00128, Italy.
  • Federico D'Antoni
  • Fabrizio Russo
    Operative Research Unit of Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Campus Bio-Medico, Via Alvaro del Portillo, 200, Rome, 00128, Italy. fabrizio.russo@policlinicocampus.it.
  • Luca Ambrosio
    Operative Research Unit of Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Campus Bio-Medico, Via Alvaro del Portillo, 200, Rome, 00128, Italy.
  • Giuseppe Francesco Papalia
    Fondazione Policlinico Universitario, Campus Bio-Medico, 00128, Roma (RM), Italia.
  • Onorato d'Angelis
    Research Unit of Computer Systems and Bioinformatics, Department of Engineering, Universitá Campus Bio-Medico di Roma, Via Alvaro del Portillo, 21, 00141 Rome, Italy.
  • Gianluca Vadalà
    Operative Research Unit of Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Campus Bio-Medico, Via Alvaro del Portillo, 200, Rome, 00128, Italy.
  • Albert Comelli
    Ri.MED Foundation, Palermo, Italy.
  • Luca Vollero
    Research Unit of Computer Systems and Bioinformatics, Department of Engineering, Universitá Campus Bio-Medico di Roma, Via Alvaro del Portillo, 21, 00141 Rome, Italy.
  • Mario Merone
    Unit of Computer Systems an Bioinformatics, Department of Engineering, Università Campus Bio-Medico di Roma, Via Alvaro del Portillo 21, 00128, Rome, Italy. m.merone@unicampus.it.
  • Rocco Papalia
    Complex Operative Unit of Urology, Campus Bio-Medico University of Rome, Rome, Italy.
  • Vincenzo Denaro
    Operative Research Unit of Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Campus Bio-Medico, Via Alvaro del Portillo, 200, Rome, 00128, Italy.