Articles: low-back-pain.
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This report gives the results of a population-based cross-sectional mailed questionnaire, with prospective follow-up of survey responders and nonresponders. ⋯ After considering potential differences in nonresponders, the estimated 1-month prevalence of low back pain was between 35% and 37%. Prevalence figures in survey responders may overestimate the true population prevalence by a modest amount.
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Eight articles including 555 low back pain patients have been published. They included the following topics: 1) A ratio interval rating scale (Low Back Pain Rating Scale (RS)) was introduced. The possibility of registering the actual status in low back pain patients including; Back Pain, Sciatica, Functional Disability and Physical Impairment was studied. ⋯ The exercise programmes are generally free of side-effects. As regards chronic back pain patients with or without previous lumbar surgery, high dosage exercises with training periods lasting at least 12 to 16 sessions are of crucial importance for success. Exercises should be dynamic and full-range, and carried out following the adage "Don't let the pain be your guide.
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This study evaluated whether a comprehensive assessment of psychosocial measures is useful in characterizing those acute low back pain patients who subsequently develop chronic pain disability problems. A cohort of 324 patients was evaluated, with all patients being administered a standard battery psychological assessment tests. ⋯ Analyses, conducted to differentiate between those patients who were back at work at 6 months versus those who were not because of the original back injury, revealed the importance of 3 measures: self-reported pain and disability, the presence of a personality disorder, and scores on Scale 3 of the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory. These results demonstrate the presence of a psychosocial disability variable that is associated with those injured workers who are likely to develop chronic disability problems.
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AJNR Am J Neuroradiol · Sep 1995
Radiating pain to the lower extremities caused by lumbar disk rupture without spinal nerve root involvement.
To locate the origin of the pain during lumbar diskography by means of a limited intradiskal injection of a local anesthetic. ⋯ Our results suggest that, in some patients with low back pain and unilateral or bilateral radiation to the lower extremities, the pain arises from within the disk. In these cases, pain radiating to the lower limb seems to be a referred type and seems unrelated to direct nerve root compression or irritation by a disk fragment in the epidural space.
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Randomized Controlled Trial Comparative Study Clinical Trial
Randomised comparison of chiropractic and hospital outpatient management for low back pain: results from extended follow up.
To compare the effectiveness over three years of chiropractic and hospital outpatient management for low back pain. ⋯ At three years the results confirm the findings of an earlier report that when chiropractic or hospital therapists treat patients with low back pain as they would in day to day practice those treated by chiropractic derive more benefit and long term satisfaction than those treated by hospitals.