Articles: back-pain.
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There are no nationwide trend surveys of the prevalence of musculoskeletal symptoms among university students. The aim of the study was to examine whether the prevalence of perceived musculoskeletal pain symptoms among Finnish university students has changed from 2000 to 2012, and to explore the co-occurrence of these symptoms. ⋯ An increasing trend in the prevalence of frequent musculoskeletal pain was found over the period of 12-years among Finnish university students.
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Older patients with back pain are more likely to visit their general practitioner (GP) and are more likely to be prescribed analgesics. ⋯ In these older adults consulting their GP with back pain, 72% used analgesics at baseline. Despite a decrease in medication use during follow-up, at 3 and 6 months a considerable proportion still used analgesics.
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There has been a rise in advanced diagnostic imaging (ADI) use in the emergency department (ED). Increased utilization may contribute to longer length of stay (LOS), but prior reports have not considered improved methods for modeling skewed LOS data. ⋯ Generalized linear model offered an improved modeling approach compared to OLS and quantile regression. Consideration of such techniques may facilitate a more complete view of the effect of ADI on ED LOS.
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Indian J Community Med · Oct 2014
Healthcare seeking behavior for back and joint pain in rural gadchiroli, India: a population-based cross-sectional study.
Musculoskeletal back and joint pain is common in rural agrarian communities in India. ⋯ A majority of the individuals with back and/or joint pain in rural Gadchiroli seek care, mainly from private practitioners. However, for the village-level treatment of this problem, respondents preferred a trained village level worker. High expectation of complete pain relief, preference for injectable medications, and low awareness about nonpharmacological modalities will be the major challenges while providing community level care for this problem.
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Aim of the study was to evaluate the effectiveness of facet joints injections in lumbar facet syndrome correlating clinical results to the sagittal contour of the spine. ⋯ Facet joints injections have a more effective diagnostic than therapeutic value. The procedure could, however, give a temporary pain relief in cases with an overload of the facet joints due to lumbar hyperlordosis.