Back pain in individuals with osteogenesis imperfecta

Osteogenesis Imperfecta (OI) is a rare, genetically heterogeneous connectiv e tissue disorder that involves primarily the bone. Association with spine is usually related to the presence of pathologic fractures and deformities. Only scattered reports of back pain are noted in the literature. There is a limited amount of available information regarding the prevalence of back pain in patients with OI. In addition no study has related severity of OI o r presence of spinal deformities with back pain. Therefore the purpose of t his study is to find the prevalence of back pain in individuals with OI and determine the relationship between back pain and OI type.