Women with a history of back pain had more lower back pain (p = 0.007) and tended to have greater limitations on
activity (p = 0.063), sleep (p = 0.066), and relationships (p = 0.104) at baseline. Four weeks after surgery, those patients’ lower back pain was more severe than those without a history of back pain (p = 0.02), and they seemed to have more pain at eight weeks (p = 0.094). They also tended to have more limitations with walking at eight weeks (p = 0.094).