There is increasing evidence that chronic pain problems are characterised by alterations in
brain structure and function. Chronic back pain is no exception. There is a growing …

Conservative, surgical and pharmacological strategies for chronic low back pain (CLBP)
management offer at best modest effect sizes in reducing pain and related disability …

Background Low back pain is a substantial health problem and has subsequently attracted a
considerable amount of research. Clinical trials evaluating the efficacy of a variety of …

Objectives The purpose of this systematic review is to analyze the available literature on
structural and functional brain abnormalities in chronic low back pain (CLBP) using several …

Most chronic low back pain includes elements of nociceptive pain, neuropathic pain, and
nonorganic pain. We conducted screening for nonorganic pain with use of the Brief Scale for …

Background: The impairment in musculoskeletal structures in patients with low back pain
(LBP) is often disproportionate to their complaint. Therefore, the need arises for exploration …

Chronic back pain is complex and there is no guarantee that treating its potential causes will
cause the pain to go away. Therefore, rather than attempting to “cure” chronic pain, many …

This is the second part of an extended review of the etiology and treatment of chronic back
pain (CBP). The first paper dealt with somatic factors and interventions, this paper will …

Purpose Over 20 years ago the term non-specific low back pain became popular to convey
the limitations of our knowledge of the pathological source of most people's low back pain …

Purpose Chronic low back pain (CLBP) is one of the most important pain disorders with
increasing social and economic implications. Given that CLBP is a multidimensional process …