Low back pain is the leading cause for years lived in disability. Most people with acute low
back pain improve rapidly, but 4% to 25% of patients become chronic. Since the previous …

Pain usually is the major complaint of patients with problems of the back, thus making pain
evaluation a fundamental requisite in the outcome assessment in spinal surgery. Pain …

Aim To discuss the methodological and epistemological challenges experienced when
conducting a longitudinal interpretative phenomenological analysis (IPA) of patients' …

Compared with white individuals, black individuals experience greater pain across clinical
and experimental modalities. These race differences may be due to differences in pain …

This review article examines the epidemiology and pathogenesis of back pain and vertebral
fractures in osteoporosis, reviewing the management of pain in patients with vertebral …

Cognitive-behavioral factors are considered important in the development of chronic
disability and pain in patients with low back pain. In a prospective cohort study of 277 …

Background Epidemiological studies on chronic pelvic pain (CPP) have focused on women
of reproductive age. We aimed to determine the prevalence of chronic pelvic pain (CPP) in …

PURPOSE: To develop evidence-based diagnostic imaging practice guidelines to assist
chiropractors and other primary care providers in decision making for the appropriate use of …

Objective: Systematically to review the literature, investigating the prognostic value of self‐
efficacy and coping strategies used by adults with osteoarthritis (OA) recruited within the …

Recent evidence has undermined much of the biomechanical based reasoning of
osteopathy. This has led to considerable discussion of the future of the distinctiveness of …