swayanshu / lower_back_pain_analysis

Lower back pain can be caused by a variety of problems with any parts of the complex, interconnected network of spinal muscles, nerves, bones, discs or tendons in the lumbar spine.

Lower_Back_Pain_Analysis

Lower back pain can be caused by a variety of problems with any parts of the complex, interconnected network of spinal muscles, nerves, bones, discs or tendons in the lumbar spine. Typical sources of low back pain include:

The large nerve roots in the low back that go to the legs may be irritated The smaller nerves that supply the low back may be irritated The large paired lower back muscles (erector spinae) may be strained The bones, ligaments or joints may be damaged An intervertebral disc may be degenerating

About this Dataset 310 Observations, 13 Attributes (12 Numeric Predictors, 1 Binary Class Attribute - No Demographics)

The data has been taken from Kaggle competition "https://www.kaggle.com/sammy123/lower-back-pain-symptoms-dataset" Codes are also referred from some of the kaggle notebooks.

Lower Back Pain Low back pain is very normal now a days. Starting from old people to almost the IT people are suffering from back pain due to irregular sitting posture. The lower back, which starts below the ribcage, is called the lumbar region. It may be experienced as aching, burning, stabbing, sharp or dull, well-defined, or vague with intensity ranging from mild to severe. The pain may begin suddenly or develop gradually. Non-specific low back pain is defined as low back pain not attributed to recognisable, known specific pathology. Real life Example-

1 day I was explaining about a topic for more than 3 hours and all sudden I just bent down to pick the marker so that I can write something in the whiteboard but I heard some sound and after that i was unable to stand for more than 4 days at a staright.