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Showing 1 to 19 of 19 for “"Chronic back pain"”.
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Understanding Couples' Perceptions of the Impact of Chronic Back Pain on their Relationship
… and psychological implications for couples with chronic back pain, studies thus far have focused on the independent perceptions of each partner. Research investigating how couples jointly perceive the impact of chronic back pain on their relationship is absent. This qualitative study explored …
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The Development and Preliminary Evaluation of MOTIVATE: Moving to Improve Chronic Back Pain and Depression in Older Adults
BACKGROUND: Chronic low back pain (cLBP) is the 2nd most common reason for physician visits; annual related costs exceed USD 100 billion and are expected to rise with the aging population. cLBP and depression often coexist, and current non-pharmacologic interventions have not focused on older …
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Being believed and believing in : the impact of delegitimation on person centred care for people with chronic back pain
Chronic back pain is an under researched area; the complexities of unseen pain inparticular, present challenges to the sociological assumptions made about the conceptof 'sickness'. The lack of Visible' signs and symptoms means that some people are leftwithout a diagnosis. If left undiagnosed, their …
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The prediction of outcome in the multimodal treatment of chronic back pain: the role of emotional distress and personality
Contains fulltext : 145634.pdf (Publisher’s version ) (Open Access)
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The assessment of depression in chronic back pain patients using the MMPI and the Beck Depression Inventory-Short Form
… conflicting research regarding the presence of pain and depression in chronic pain patients. The present research was a retrospective study of a group of chronic back pain patients who had entered a multidisciplinary treatment program two to four years prior to this study. Pretreatment and …
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The effect of employment and workers' compensation litigation on the pain, psychological state and disability of chronic back pain sufferers
… and rates of work return between litigating chronic pain patients and those not involved in the compensation system, others argued that work related injuries were maintained either by the plaintiffs' wish for monetary compensation (compensation neurosis), or by their involvement in the …
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Electroanalgesia: Historical and Contemporary Developments
… taneous electrical nerve stimulation) for chronic back pain. The empirical research making up the main part of the thesis sets out to provide clear evidence to reject the null hypothesis, i.e. that there are no significant clinical effects from the use of electrical treatments for chronic …
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Stuburo stabilizavimo pratimų poveikis asmenų, patiriančių lėtinius nugaros skausmus liemens pajėgumui ir skausmo intensyvumui /
… muscle isometric strength, balance of strength, pain intensity and functional status. The test method was conducted to assess the effect of spinal stabilization exercises on the waist capacity and pain intensity of individuals experiencing chronic back pain. Statistical analysis (averages, …
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Correlations Between Biopsychosocial Variables and Low Back Pain
… between biopsychosocial variables and low back pain. 160 German females and 110 German males (N = 270) completed a battery of questionnaires assessing their pain experience (chronicity and intensity), comorbidities, and causal attributions about disease onset. Significant relationships were …
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Health-seeking behaviours and use of traditional Chinese medicine among the British Chinese
… as an Intervention for the Alleviation of Chronic Back Pain. 2) Health-Seeking Behaviours and Use of Traditional Chinese Medicine among the British Chinese 3) Design of an evaluation to measure outcomes of a Traditional Chinese Medicine Clinic for a Chinese Health Centre in London's …
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The Influence of Patient Race and Socioeconomic Status on Providers' Assessment and Treatment Recommendations for Chronic Pain
… SES patients are less likely to receive adequate pain care, including receiving fewer analgesic medications. Providers may, inadvertently or not, contribute to these disparities in pain care via biased decision-making. Prior work suggests there is a complex relationship in which race and SES …
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Assessing pain management strategies with the TFA model
The major purpose of this study was to determine chronic pain patient's differential use and perceived effectiveness of various cognitive, affective and psychomotor treatment strategies used in the management of pain. Utilizing the TFA System (tm) to determine patient's behavior patterns, a second …
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Automated Thermo-mechanical Therapy for Immediate Relief in Chronic Non-Specific Lower Back Pain (cNSLBP): A Randomized Controlled Trial
<p><strong>Objective:</strong> Chronic non-specific lower back pain (cNSLBP) is a prevalent and disabling condition, imposing a substantial socioeconomic burden due to high healthcare costs and productivity losses, with limited accessible and effective long-term treatment options. Automated …
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Phenomenologies of Women's Illness in Ingmar Bergman's 1970s Films
<p>It is no surprise that the chronically ill Ingmar Bergman featured recurrent motifs of illness throughout his oeuvre. What is more surprising is that this consequential component of these works remain largely unexplored. Cries and Whispers (Viskningar och rop, 1971), Face to Face (Ansikte mot …
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Association of incident gabapentin use: with long-term use of opioids, benzodiazepines and Z-drugs
… also been used for neuropathic and inflammatory pain. In addition, off-label use has increased for various disorders, including mental disorders, such as anxiety disorders and bipolar disorders as well as chronic back pain. Gabapentin prescriptions have increased markedly in recent years in the …
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The Use of E.M.G. Biofeedback to Promote Relaxation and Relief of Chronic Low Back Pain
… instruction and electromyographic (E.M.G.) feedback would reduce chronic low back pain. A secondary aim was to determine if the locus of control variable as defined by Rotter would influence the results obtained.</p> <p>Fourteen non-hospitalized subjects with chronic low back pain, meeting the …
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Risk factors and the effectiveness of back belts in the prevention of back pain amongst forklift drivers subject to whole body vibration exposure
Motivation: Back pain is a major cause of absenteeism, lost work time and increased compensation and medical costs amongst workers and has been estimated to cost $20 billion annually in the United States. Back pain has long been associated with the driving of forklifts, and is a complex area of …
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Wirksamkeit und Akzeptanz der Akupunktur bei Patienten mit chronischen Rückenschmerzen- Ergebnisse einer prospektiven, randomisierten Studie
Die Studie vergleicht die multimodale Standardtherapie der Rehabilitation nach Leitlinienvorgabe mit der Behandlung mit der Standardtherapie plus Akupunkturbehandlungen. Gleichzeitig werden die Akzeptanz gegenüber der Akupunktur und die Nebenwirkungen erfasst und beobachtet, wie sich die Akupunktur …