What type of mattress should be chosen to avoid back pain and improve sleep quality? Review of the literature

Energy spent during daily activities is recuperated by humans through sleep, ensuring optimal performance on the following day. Sleep disturbances are common: a meta-analysis on sleep quality showed that 15–30% of adults report sleep disorders, such as sleep onset latency (SOL), insufficient duratio...

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Published in:Journal of orthopaedics and traumatology 2021-12, Vol.22 (1), p.51-51, Article 51
Main Authors: Caggiari, Gianfilippo, Talesa, Giuseppe Rocco, Toro, Giuseppe, Jannelli, Eugenio, Monteleone, Gaetano, Puddu, Leonardo
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Back pain
Back Pain - etiology
Back Pain - prevention & control
Bedding
Beds
Conservative Orthopedics
Humans
Latency
Literature reviews
Low back pain
Low Back Pain - prevention & control
Mattress
Medicine
Medicine & Public Health
Meta-analysis
Orthopedics
Pain
Quality of life
Rheumatology
Sleep
Sleep and wakefulness
Sleep disorders
Sleep Quality
Sports Medicine
Standardization
Surgical Orthopedics
Systematic Review
Traumatic Surgery
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Summary:Energy spent during daily activities is recuperated by humans through sleep, ensuring optimal performance on the following day. Sleep disturbances are common: a meta-analysis on sleep quality showed that 15–30% of adults report sleep disorders, such as sleep onset latency (SOL), insufficient duration of sleep and frequently waking up at night. Low back pain (LBP) has been identified as one of the main causes of poor sleep quality. Literature findings are discordant on the type of mattress that might prevent onset of back pain, resulting in an improved quality of sleep. We conducted a systematic literature review of articles published until 2019, investigating the association of different mattresses with sleep quality and low back pain. Based on examined studies, mattresses were classified according to the European Committee for Standardization (2000) as: soft, medium-firm, extra-firm or mattresses customized for patients affected by supine decubitus. A total of 39 qualified articles have been included in the current systematic review. Results of this systematic review show that a medium-firm mattress promotes comfort, sleep quality and rachis alignment.
ISSN:1590-9921
1590-9999
DOI:10.1186/s10195-021-00616-5