... sets forlowback pain, based upon the ICF framework, are further attempts to develop a standardized set of indicators to encompass the key functional problems ofpatients with lowbackpain ... attitudes of significant others and health professionals as predictors of disability in people with lowbackpain However a Norwegian study in a convenience sample of 118 patients with lowbackpain ... included in the tools most commonly used to assess needs and/or outcomes for people with lowbackpain At one end of the spectrum, because lowbackpain has been until recently thought to be mainly...
... worse" backchange scores Boxplotof to self reported condition of are pooled)months Boxplot of the distribution of task difficulty change scores according to self reported condition ofback at ... Such patients account for approximately one in five of all primary care consulters with lowbackpain [14] It is possible that persistent chronic lowbackpain sufferers may respond differently to ... judgements into an overall assessment Self-rated recovery from backpain has been shown to depend upon an individual's cognitive appraisal of the impact of symptoms on their ability to perform meaningful...
... suggestive of some type of derangement of the posterior elements of the spine [16] Imaging studies used to evaluate patients with lowbackpain include: radiographs, bone scintigraphy, computed tomography ... 162 patients aged 6-32 years with symptoms oflowbackpain potentially related to stress injury of the pars interarticularis SPECT showed an abnormal focus of radiotracer uptake in the lumbar spine ... significantly better for SPECT than with planar bone scintigraphy [33] We conducted an internal review of all patients with lowbackpain or suspected spondylolysis referred to the Division of Nuclear...
... http://www.implementationscience.com/content/5/1/65 Background The prevalence oflowbackpain (LBP) and neck pain (NP) among workers is high [1,2] To prevent or reduce these symptoms, ergonomic interventions are ... Process evaluation of a participatory ergonomics programme to prevent lowbackpain and neck pain among workers Implementation Science 2010 5:65 Submit your next manuscript to BioMed Central and ... Number of intervention departments that agreed to participate - Number of working groups formed - Number of working group members recruited for additional ergocoach training - Number of workers...
... lumbar spine x-ray: When a patient presents with back pain, I have in mind torefer them for X-ray, I intend toreferpatients with backpainfor an X-ray as part of their management, I aim torefer ... summed to create a total score out of a possible maximum of five Behavioural intention Three questions assessed primary care physicians’ intention toreferpatients presenting with lowbackpainfor ... Globally, clinical guidelines for the management oflowbackpain not recommend routine imaging ofpatients with lowbackpain [4-8] Furthermore, standard lumbar spine x-rays (the most common...
... obesity and lowbackpain is undoubtedly the term "low back pain" itself Lowbackpain is a symptom not a diagnosis A specific diagnosis, instead of the generalized form of "low back pain" may ... associated with lowback pain, in particular with chronic or recurrent lowbackpain [27] What appears to be a main concern in linking obesity as a causal factor forlowbackpain is the numerous ... developing lowbackpain while those persons whose BMI increases to over 30 are a moderate risk of developing lowbackpain We also suggest, based on the findings of the Melissas study [14] of those patients...
... of treatment These were: (1) Duration of time until referral backto the primary sector or other health care provider (date of referral back minus date of first visit), (2) Number of visits to ... Vinterberg H, Kreiner S, Jordan A: LowBackPain Rating scale: validation of a tool for assessment oflowbackpainPain 1994, 57:317-326 The Danish National Board of Health: [http://www.sst.dk/Indberetning ... anticipated to correspond to the approximate number of participants in the “routine MRI” group The same information was collected as for the “routine MRI” group, together with information about referral...
... that 65% oflowbackpain cases in the United States are attributable to the combined effects of the occupational exposures listed above To date, no other estimates of the fraction ofbackpain in ... Attributable Fraction (%) ofLowBackPain Due to Occupational Ergonomic Stressors by Sex, Age Group, and WHO Sub-Region 15 to 29 30 to 44 45 to 59 60 to 69 70 to 79 80+ Total Region M F M F M F ... editors Oxford Textbook of Public Health, 4th edition 4th ed Oxford: Oxford University Press p 1067-1081 Volinn E 1997 The epidemiology oflowbackpain in the rest of the world: A review of...
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... the prevalence oflowbackpainof 162% with an annual increase of 11.6% The widely held belief that most of the episodes oflowbackpain will be short-lived, with 80% to 90% of these attacks ... months of the study Patients were provided with an opportunity to discontinue or withdraw from the study for lack ofpain relief or for any other reason All the patients with loss of follow-up ... An epidemiologic study of episodes ofbackpain care Spine (Phila Pa 1976) 1995; 20: 1668-73 Anderson GBJ, Svensson HO The intensity of work recovery in lowbackpainSpine (Phila Pa 1976) 1983;...
... patient percentage of acute lowbackpainpatients referred to specialty care percentage of acute lowbackpainpatients prescribed muscle relaxants percentage of acute lowbackpainpatients prescribed ... aspect of care for acute lowbackpain patients, and one-half of the indicators selected for the study are measures ofpain medication use Because acute lowbackpain is one of the major causes of ... referral to specialists forpatients who still have lowbackpain (defined by the guideline as xvi Evaluation of the LowBackPain Practice Guideline Implementation chronic lowback pain) .2 To...
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... children prior to weight or height reductions • In children, early reduction in fat and muscle stores reflects the preferential utilization of fat stores to conserve protein stores for energy in ... better indicator of malnutrition in these children and can be a reliable tool to determine chronic malnutrition – A decrease in height for age percentile may be indicative of the duration of malnutrition ... to form sinusoids that run parallel to rows of hepatocytes (liver cells) • Sinusoids allow exchange of substances to liver cells CELLULAR ARCHITECTURE • Hepatocytes are most abundant and metabolically...
... survey, nearly 50% of respondents had experienced low intensity /low disability lowback pain, 12.3% high-intensity /low- disability lowbackpain and 11% high-disability lowbackpain (Cassidy et ... NSAIDs are effective for the relief of chronic lowbackpain (level A) Recommendation We recommend NSAIDs forpain relief in patients with chronic lowbackpain Because of the side-effects, NSAIDs ... of the results It is rare for studies to include homogeneous groups ofpatients with just backpain and no leg pain, or groups in which all patients have both back and leg pain The majority of...
... imaging • Do not offer X-ray of the lumbar spinefor the management of non-specific lowbackpain • Only offer an MRI scan for non-specific lowbackpain within the context of a referral for an opinion ... information to promote selfmanagement of their lowbackpain 1.2.2 Offer educational advice that: • includes information on the nature of non-specific lowbackpain • encourages the person to ... needling comprising up to a maximum of 10 sessions over a period of up to 12 weeks 1.6.2 Do not offer injections of therapeutic substances into the backfor non-specific lowbackpain 1.7 Combined...
... therapeutic flow-charts forlowbackpain patients: the Italian clinical guidelines Eura Medicophys 2006, 42:151-70 Page of 31 Schneider S, Randol D, Buchner M: Why women have backpain more than ... with an ambulatory monitoring system: a comparative study in patients with chronic lowbackpain and nonsymptomatic controls Clin Rehabil 2002, 16(1):16-26 Lamoth CJ, Daffertshofer A, Meijer ... Effects of chronic lowbackpain on trunk coordination and back muscle activity during walking: changes in motor control Eur Spine J 2006, 15(1):23-40 Lamoth CJ, Stins JF, Pont M, Kerckhoff F,...
... review of an emerging area of research Gait Posture 2002, 16:1-14 Johnson MH, Petrie SM: The effects of distraction on exercise and cold pressor tolerance for chronic lowbackpain sufferers Pain ... speed of the treadmill was set to 110% of each participant's preferred speed, and the same constant speed was used for all conditions We chose to impose a walking speed that was close to the comfortable ... Vlaeyen JW: The modified Stroop paradigm as a measure of selective attention towards pain- related information in patients with chronic lowbackpain Percept Mot Skills 2005, 100:955-963 Danion F,...
... intensive physical training ofpatients with chronic lowbackpainSpine 1993, 18(7):825-829 Leboeuf-Yde C: Body weight and lowbackpain A systematic literature review of 56 journal articles reporting ... H: Disc degeneration of the lumbar spine in relation to overweight Int J Obes (Lond) 2005, 29(8):903-8 17 Dunn KM, Croft PR: Epidemiology and natural history oflowbackpain Eura Medicophys ... B13 Working Group on Guidelines for Chronic LowBackPain Chapter European guidelines for the management of chronic nonspecific lowbackpain Eur Spine J 2006, 15(Suppl 2):S192-300 Menegoni F,...
... management of acute lowbackpain London, Royal College of General Practitioners,; 1999 Kendall N, Linton S, Main C: Guide to assessing psychosocial yellow flags in acute lowback pain: risk factors for ... Effectiveness of a multimodal treatment program for chronic low- backpainPain 1997, 73(1):77-85 Burton AK, Waddell G, Tillotson KM, Summerton N: Information and advice topatients with backpain can ... frustrating patientsfor clinicians Patients with this somatoform disorder and a habit of 'doctor shopping' have been shown to be at a higher risk of a poor outcome after treatment forpain This...