Articles: back-pain.
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Arch Phys Med Rehabil · Jul 2006
Side effects and adverse events related to intraligamentous injection of sclerosing solutions (prolotherapy) for back and neck pain: A survey of practitioners.
To study the side effects and adverse events related to intraligamentous injection of sclerosing solutions (prolotherapy) for back and neck pain. ⋯ Side effects related to prolotherapy for back and neck pain, such as temporary postinjection pain, stiffness, and bruising, are common and benign. Adverse events related to prolotherapy for back and neck pain are similar in nature to other widely used spinal injection procedures. Further study is needed to fully describe the adverse event profile of prolotherapy for back and neck pain.
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We examined systemic inflammatory serum markers and pain responses to image-guided lumbar epidural steroid injections (LESI) both before and after LESI in patients with lumbar disc herniations with various pathological intervertebral disc changes. ⋯ The results of this study suggest that elevated hs-CRP levels may be useful for objectively evaluating and predicting responses to LESI in those patients with lumbar disc pathology with lower extremity radiculitis.
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A cross-sectional study of 9413 adolescents. ⋯ Children with high isometric muscle endurance were less likely to report back pain. No other measures of physical fitness or level of self-reported physical activity were linked to back pain reporting.