Articles: back-pain.
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The Core Outcome Measures Index (COMI) is a short, multidimensional instrument translated into several languages that covers five domains recommended in the assessment of outcome in patients with low-back and neck pain. The purpose of this study was to cross-culturally adapt the COMI from English to Czech language and to test the face and construct validity and reproducibility of its results in patients with low-back and neck pain. ⋯ The Czech COMI shows acceptable properties and is thus suitable to use as a short instrument for measuring important domains in patients with low-back and neck pain.
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This is a protocol for a Cochrane Review (intervention). The objectives are as follows: The primary objective is to assess the benefits and harms of glucocorticoid facet joint injections in adults with chronic back or neck pain that is presumed to be facet joint-mediated. The secondary objective is to assess whether the effects differ by diagnostic method for facet joint-mediated pain.
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US service members experience high rates of back pain. Guidelines prioritize nonpharmacologic treatment (NPT) as first-line pain treatments; however, NPT utilization patterns research is limited. This study examined NPT patterns of care within the first 10 weeks following an index back pain diagnosis. ⋯ Patterns of weekly NPT utilization during an early treatment window following a new back pain diagnosis varied temporally, with approximately half of soldiers using NPT. Half of the soldiers did not receive any NPT within their 10-week early treatment window, which highlights opportunities for increasing use of NPT utilization among military members with a new back pain episode. Future research is needed in the Military Health System to examine the extent to which NPT patterns are associated with pain management outcomes.