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Abstract：
Smartphone apps for self-management are valuable tools to help manage low back pain (LBP) patients. The purposes of this systematic review were to (a) summarize the available studies on the efficacy of smartphone apps for self-management of LBP and (b) identify free applications available in Italy that offer strategies for LBP self-management and provide a qualitative assessment using the Mobile Application Rating Scale (MARS). According to the Prisma Checklist, six bibliographic databases were searched with the keywords \'low back pain\', \'mobile application\', \'smartphone\', and \'telemedicine\'. In total, 852 records were screened, and 16 were included in the systematic review. Of the six RCTs included, four reported a statistically significant decrease in pain in favor of the app group, and two RCTs did not. Only in a non-RCT was there an increase in the disability score. In the application research conducted on mobile stores, we identified and rated 25 applications through MARS. The overall scores ranged from 1.93 to 3.92 for the IOS app and 1.73 to 4.25 for the Play Store app. The findings suggest that few apps meet satisfying quality, content, and functionality criteria for LBP self-management.
摘要：
用于自我管理的智能手机应用程序是帮助管理下腰痛（LBP）患者的宝贵工具。本系统评价的目的是（a）总结有关智能手机应用程序对LBP自我管理的有效性的现有研究，以及（b）确定意大利可用的免费应用程序，这些应用程序为LBP自我管理提供策略，并提供定性评估使用移动应用程序评定量表（MARS）。根据Prisma清单,搜索了六个书目数据库，关键词是“腰背痛”，\'移动应用程序\',\'智能手机\',和“远程医疗”。总的来说,筛选了852条记录，16项纳入了系统审查。在包括的六个RCT中，四个人报告了疼痛的统计学显着下降，有利于应用程序组，两个RCT没有。仅在非RCT中，残疾评分才增加。在对移动商店进行的应用研究中，我们通过MARS确定并评估了25个应用程序。IOS应用程序的总分从1.93到3.92不等，Play商店应用程序的总分从1.73到4.25不等。研究结果表明，很少有应用程序达到令人满意的质量，内容,和LBP自我管理的功能标准。
