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Showing 1 to 20 of 296 for “"back pain"”.
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Low back pain and risk factors for low back pain in car drivers
The cause of low back pain in populations of professional drivers is uncertain. A literature review revealed factors that seem to be associated with low back pain (e.g. physical factors: exposure to whole body-vibration, prolonged sitting posture, frequent lifting, pushing and pulling, lack of …
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Trunk loading and back pain
… accepted as a risk factor for the development of back pain (BP). An altered activity pattern including extended response and activation times as well as increased co-contraction of the trunk muscles as well as a reduced range of motion and increased movement variability of the trunk are evident in …
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Chronic low back pain: osteopaths' attitudes and management
Chronic low back pain (CLBP) is one of the chief complaints seen by osteopaths. The management and care that practitioners provide for CLBP patients as well as their attitudes towards then are crucial in the overall well-being of the patient. Little is known about osteopaths' management of CLBP and …
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Sarcopenia and Low Back Pain in Older Adults
… the number of years lived with disability. Low back pain and sarcopenia are health problems that present a higher prevalence with aging. While low back pain is a symptom, sarcopenia is considered a geriatric syndrome. However, both issues constitute a significant health burden in older adults. …
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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 education needs among individuals with low back pain
The prevalence of low back pain has assumed an upsurge trend in the last five decades despite the many interventional strategies. One interventional strategy that has been unsuccessful has been patient education. Lack of positive results from many of the existing patient education programmes is …
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Early mobilisation after coronary angiography to reduce back pain
BACKGROUND Coronary heart disease accounts for over 25,000 inpatient admissions and nearly 4,000 day-case admissions in New Zealand per year (Hay, 2004). Cardiac catheterization, via the femoral artery, is a common procedure undertaken to assess for and treat coronary heart disease (Chair, Li and …
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Cytokines and chemokines in the pathogenesis of low back pain
… to account for 40% of all cases of chronic low back pain. Alterations in the behaviour of the IVDs’ native cell population mediate the processes that lead to structural failure, as seen in IVD degeneration. Cytokines are implicated in this process, several studies have identified that …
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Low back pain in ballet, modern, and hip-hop dancers
Low back pain (LBP) is a global medical issue that continues to rise in the general population. However, the consequences of low back pain in dance populations have been difficult to quantify, in part due to varying injury definitions. Low back pain is a multifaceted problem that is anecdotally …
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Exploring self-management of chronic low back pain in Saudi Arabia
… understanding of self-management for chronic low back pain (CLBP) in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) and moreover, to explore current physiotherapy practice for managing CLBP in KSA. Methods: This research project used a mixed methods approach with sequential designs. The first section contains …
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Back pain amongst dentistry students at the University of Western Cape
Back pain has been reported to be the most common type of discomfort in all occupational groups. Studies have shown that dentists experience more neck, shoulder and back pain than practitioners in other occupational groups. This has caused an increase of social and economic costs of healthcare and …
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The neuromuscular efficiency of lower back muscles in low back pain
BACKGROUND: The etiology of low back pain (LBP), one of the most prevalent and costly diseases of our time, is accepted to be multi-causal, placing functional factors in the focus of research. Thereby, pain models suggest a centrally controlled strategy of trunk stiffening in LBP. However, …
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Predictors of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder in Chronic Low Back Pain Patients
… severity level in patients with chronic low back pain (CLBP). Research questions focused on whether or not patients with CLBP would evidence clinically-significant levels of PTSD, whether or not the intensity and duration of the trauma would predict PTSD symptoms, and whether or not the age …
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Factors affecting the Pain & Disability of the Low back pain patients
… research to identify the factors affecting the pain & disability of the low back pain patients. The subject of research is collected from 84 patients who were proved the disease through MRI(magnetic resonance image)at the neurosurgery unit at A university Hospitals in S city, Korea, and were …
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The epidemiology and risk associated with lower back pain in cyclists
Aims of this thesis: the research reported in this thesis consists of a literature review and two research parts. In the first research part, a descriptive cross-sectional survey was conducted, to investigate 1) the epidemiology and 2) the nature of LBP in cyclists, and 3) possible risk factors …
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An Evaluation of Bikram Yoga at Reducing the Level of Back Pain
Low back pain is a significant public health problem and one of the most commonly reported reasons for the use of Complimentary Alternative Medicine. In the U.S. 70% to 80% of the population has experienced at least one episode of back pain sometime in their lives. Healthcare workers, in …
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