Chronic low back pain: evaluation and management

AR Last, K Hulbert - American family physician, 2009 - aafp.org
back pain; (2) back pain associated with radiculopathy or spinal stenosis; (3) back pain
referred from a nonspinal source; or (4) back pain … For patients who have back pain associated …

Measurements and evaluations in low back pain patients

P Malliou, A Gioftsidou, A Beneka… - … journal of medicine & …, 2006 - Wiley Online Library
… of the topics referred to in the present article (low back pain definition terms, selection criteria
in study designs, measurement tools, and evaluation methods used by different authors) …

Epidemiology, etiology, diagnostic evaluation, and treatment of low back pain

DG Borenstein - Current opinion in rheumatology, 2001 - journals.lww.com
… our basic presumptions about low back pain. The need to reconsider the effect of workmens’
… current with the latest concepts involving low back pain. The articles published this year …

Diagnostic evaluation of low back pain

EJ Carragee, M Hannibal - Orthopedic Clinics, 2004 - orthopedic.theclinics.com
pain representing the pseudoclaudication of spinal stenosis. Spinal stenosis when associated
with back pain … patient complaint of increased sharp back pains with changing of position …

[PDF][PDF] Early diagnostic evaluation of low back pain

RA Deyo - Journal of General Internal Medicine, 1986 - academia.edu
… This position is well argued by Fries, who calls for restraint in the initial laboratory evaluation
of patients with joint pain (including back pain). He points out that in addition to direct costs, …

Evaluation and treatment of acute low back pain

S Kinkade - American family physician, 2007 - aafp.org
… prevalence of low back pain is estimated to be at least 60 to 70 percent. Although most
patients self-treat back pain and only 25 to 30 percent seek medical care, 5,6 back pain is one of …

Evaluation and treatment of low back pain: An evidence‐based approach to clinical care

SJ Atlas, RA Nardin - Muscle & nerve, 2003 - Wiley Online Library
… the evaluation and treatment of patients with low back pain. … various treatments for low
back pain.156 This clinically … a rational basis for evaluation and treatment recommendations. …

Randomised controlled trial for evaluation of fitness programme for patients with chronic low back pain

H Frost, JAK Moffett, JS Moser, JCT Fairbank - Bmj, 1995 - bmj.com
… We aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of an outpatient fitness programme designed for
patients with chronic low back pain. Our hypothesis was that attendance at a supervised fitness …

[PDF][PDF] Evaluation of a program to reduce back pain in nursing personnel

NMC Alexandre, MAA de Moraes… - Revista de saúde …, 2001 - SciELO Public Health
… lower back and cervical pain, as well as from diffuse back pain. … relevant since most studies
focus only on lower back pain. … the evaluation of specific training projects to reduce back pain

Spinal muscle evaluation in healthy individuals and low-back-pain patients: a literature review

C Demoulin, JM Crielaard, M Vanderthommen - Joint Bone Spine, 2007 - Elsevier
… in patients with low back pain. In patients with chronic low back pain, medical imaging studies
… Abnormalities seen in paraspinal muscles from patients with chronic low back pain include …