Spine
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Public and professional health education campaign. ⋯ There was a major shift in public beliefs and professional advice but no change in work-related outcomes.
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Lumbar and hip movements, before and in response to rapid bilateral arm flexion, were evaluated in 10 people with recurrent low back pain (LBP) and 10 matched control subjects when standing on a flat surface or short base. ⋯ These data suggest that spinal movement is different in people with LBP, and reduced spinal movement in advance of predictable perturbation may be associated with compromised quality of trunk control.
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Editorial Randomized Controlled Trial
The applicability of clinical equipoise and sham surgery in patients with symptomatic lumbar radiculopathy due to a herniated disc: the SPORT trial.
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Immunohistochemical and behavioral study using a rat cauda equina compression model. ⋯ Activated Rho may play an important role in nerve damage in the cauda equina in SCS. Rho kinase inhibitor may be a useful tool in determining the pathomechanism of cauda equina syndrome caused by SCS.