Articles: back-pain.
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Clin. Orthop. Relat. Res. · Apr 2014
How does accounting for worker productivity affect the measured cost-effectiveness of lumbar discectomy?
Back pain attributable to lumbar disc herniation is a substantial cause of reduced workplace productivity. Disc herniation surgery is effective in reducing pain and improving function. However, few studies have examined the effects of surgery on worker productivity. ⋯ Level II, economic and decision analysis. See the Instructions for Authors for a complete description of levels of evidence.
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To observe the effect of different intensities of manual acupuncture (MA) stimulation on mechanical pain thresholds (PTs) and the expression of phosphorylated extracellular signal-regulated kinases (p-ERK) in lumbar spinal dorsal horn regions in rats with neuropathic mirror-image pain, so as to explore its mechanisms underlying analgesia. ⋯ Strong MA-stimulation can alleviate neuropathic mirror-image pain in SNL rats, which is closely related to its effect in down-regulating the expression of p-ERK in the bilateral spinal dorsal horn regions.