@article{Fakharian_Nabovati_Farzandipour_Akbari_Saeedi_2021, title={Diagnosis of Mechanical Low Back PainUsing a Fuzzy Logic-Based Approach}, volume={9}, url={https://ijisae.org/index.php/IJISAE/article/view/1296}, DOI={10.18201/ijisae.2021.239}, abstractNote={<p>Back pain is one of the main causes of disability and its proper diagnosis and treatment are difficult tasks. Clinical Decision Support Systems (CDSSs) can help physicians make a more precise diagnosis of diseases. The present study was conducted to design and develop a CDSS to diagnose the correct type of mechanical low back pain (LBP) using an Adaptive Neuro-Fuzzy Inference System (ANFIS). The diagnostic parameters of mechanical LBP were determined using library reviews and the views of experts based on the Delphi technique. A CDSS was designed in MATLAB R2012 using the ANFIS. After the design stage, the system was tested in terms of the percentage of corrected classification and diagnostic value indicators.</p> <p>A CDSS was designed in the present study for the diagnosis of different types of mechanical LBP, including back strain, spondylolisthesis, spinal stenosis, disc herniation and scoliosis. The system input included 17 diagnostic parameters and its output contained various types of mechanical LBP. The percentage of corrected classification varied from 80.9% to 83.8% (disc herniation and spondylolisthesis). The CDSS designed in the present study showed an appropriate accuracy in diagnosing different types of mechanical LBP. As a result, this system can be helpful in clinical settings for diagnosing different types of mechanical LBP presenting with similar symptoms.</p>}, number={3}, journal={International Journal of Intelligent Systems and Applications in Engineering}, author={Fakharian, Esmaeil and Nabovati, Ehsan and Farzandipour, Mehrdad and Akbari, Hossein and Saeedi, Soheila}, year={2021}, month={Sep.}, pages={116–120} }