Articles: low-back-pain.
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Sisli Etfal Hastan Tip Bul · Jan 2019
The Effect of Lumbar Spinal Surgery History on Intradiscal O2-O3 Treatment Results in Patients with Lumbar Disk Herniation.
The aim of the present study was to investigate the effect of previous spinal surgery on intradiscal ozone-oxygen (O2-O3) treatment in low back pain associated with lumbar disc herniation (LDH). ⋯ In the present study, the effect of the history of spinal surgery on intradiscal O2-O3 treatment results was investigated. Intradiscal injection was found to be effective for both groups, but more successful results were obtained in patients without surgical history.
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J Bone Joint Surg Am · Dec 2018
Randomized Controlled Trial Pragmatic Clinical TrialThe Use of a Self-Administered Questionnaire to Reduce Consultation Wait Times for Potential Elective Lumbar Spinal Surgical Candidates: A Prospective, Pragmatic, Blinded, Randomized Controlled Quality Improvement Study.
In a public health-care system, patients often experience lengthy wait times to see a spine surgeon for consultation, and most patients are found not to be surgical candidates, thereby prolonging the wait time for those who are. The aim of this study was to evaluate whether a self-administered 3-item questionnaire (3IQ) could reprioritize consultation appointments and reduce wait times for lumbar spinal surgical candidates. ⋯ The use of a simple, self-administered questionnaire to reprioritize referrals resulted in shorter consultation wait times for patients who required a surgical procedure and significantly increased the number of surgical candidates seen within the acceptable time frame. It may be valuable to consider adding the 3IQ to clinical care practices to better triage these patients on waiting lists.
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MINI: Elderly patients older than 65 years were divided into non-specific low back pain (NSLBP) and non-LBP (NLBP) groups. The postural control study of the relative contributions of different proprioceptive signals (relative proprioceptive weighting ratio [RPW]) revealed lower leg proprioceptive decreases (RPW 240 Hz) in NSLBP compared to NLBP.