The treatment of pain generally proceeds through several distinct phases. Following the
onset of a painful condition, the treatment of acute painful conditions is driven by medical …

Objective Chronic musculoskeletal pain (CMSP) disorders are among the most prevalent
and disabling conditions worldwide. It would be advantageous to have common outcome …

BACKGROUND: Back pain is common and some sufferers consult GPs, yet many sufferers
develop persistent problems. Combining information on risk of persistence and prognostic …

Study Design. An observational study on the course of chronic and recurrent low back pain
and its relation to disability and medication use performed on the basis of daily diary …

Method. A random population sample of 2,184 adults was surveyed in 1996 and resurveyed
in 2000. The questionnaire included chronic pain case definition questions (pain for 3 …

Back pain is occurring in a broad spectrum of severity; therefore, a grading procedure which
is derived from a sound conceptual basis and can be easily applied is of crucial importance …

Back pain episodes are traditionally regarded as individual events, but this model is
currently being challenged in favour of treating back pain as a long-term or lifelong …

Methods for classifying chronic pain in population studies are highly variable, and
prevalence estimates ranges from 11% to 64%. Limited knowledge about the persistence of …

Objective To test the predictive utility of the Örebro Musculoskeletal Pain Screening
Questionnaire in identifying patients at risk for developing persistent back pain problems …

Using latent class analysis (LCA), a previous study on patients attending primary care
identified four courses of low back pain (LBP) over the subsequent 6months. To date, no …