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Prevalence of spinal pain in a population of Bosnia and Herzegovina

AIMS Public Health, 2022
Objectives: To determine the prevalence and risk factors of spinal pain in the population of Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH). Methods: This was a cross-sectional survey conducted online in November/December 2018. Participants were inhabitants of BiH of
Antonija Hrkać, Roberta Perković, Branko Krišto, Livia Puljak   +3 more
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Care for low back pain: can health systems deliver?

Bulletin of the World Health Organization, 2019
Low back pain is the leading cause of years lived with disability globally. In 2018, an international working group called on the World Health Organization to increase attention on the burden of low back pain and the need to avoid excessively medical ...
A. Traeger, R. Buchbinder, A. Elshaug, P. Croft, C. Maher   +4 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

SNUPN‐Related Muscular Dystrophy: Novel Phenotypic, Pathological and Functional Protein Insights

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective SNUPN‐related muscular dystrophy or LGMDR29 is a new entity that covers from a congenital or childhood onset pure muscular dystrophy to more complex phenotypes combining neurodevelopmental features, cataracts, or spinocerebellar ataxia. So far, 12 different variants have been described.
Nuria Muelas, Pablo Iruzubieta, Alberto Damborenea, Laura Pérez‐Fernández, Inmaculada Azorín, Juan Carlos Jiménez García, Ana Töpf, Pilar Martí, Lorena Fores‐Toribio, María Manterola, Rosana Blanco‐Mañez, Oihane Pikatza‐Menoio, Sonia Alonso‐Martín, Volker Straub, Aitziber L. Cortajarena, Adolfo López de Munain, David De Sancho, Lorea Blázquez, Juan J. Vilchez   +18 more
wiley   +1 more source

Randomised control trial to compare the efficacy of traditional Thai massage and ultrasound therapy for treating plantar heel pain

BMC Complementary Medicine and Therapies
Background Massage is suggested to be an effective treatment for chronic plantar heel pain (PHP). There is, however, no scientific evidence to support this claim.
Supamas Somphai, Wiraphong Sucharit, Punnee Peungsuwan, Neil Roberts, Uraiwan Chatchawan   +4 more
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Domains of Chronic Low Back Pain and Assessing Treatment Effectiveness: A Clinical Perspective

Pain Practice, 2019
Nonspecific chronic low back pain (CLBP) is a common clinical condition that has impacts at both the individual and societal level. Pain intensity is a primary outcome used in clinical practice to quantify the severity of CLBP and the efficacy of its ...
S. Tagliaferri, C. Miller, Patrick J Owen, Ulrike H. Mitchell, Helena Brisby, B. Fitzgibbon, H. Massé-Alarie, J. Van Oosterwijck, D. Belavy   +8 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Nationwide Survey of Atopic Myelitis and Plexin D1‐Immunoglobulin G‐Related Pain

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective To elucidate the features of plexin D1‐immunoglobulin (Ig)G‐associated neuropathic pain and its relationship to atopic myelitis (AM) in a nationwide Japanese survey. Methods A preliminary survey questionnaire was sent to 1574 selected departments (neurology and pediatrics/pediatric neurology) to explore the numbers of AM and plexin ...
Jun‐ichi Kira, Xu Zhang, Takayuki Fujii, Mikio Mitsuishi, Miho Ushijima, Sato Yoshidomi, Ayako Sakoda, Tomohiro Imamura, Satoshi Kuwabara, Noriko Isobe, Yuri Nakamura   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source

Use of Numeric Rating Scale (NRS) as Visual Analogue Scale (VAS): Is this Clinically Significant?

Pakistan Armed Forces Medical Journal, 2023
Objective: To analyze statistically significant differences between the Numeric Rating Scale (NRS) and Visual Analogue Scale (VAS) in low back pain (LBP) patients.   Study Design: Prospective longitudinal Study.
lbrahim Farooq Pasha, Atiq Ur Rehman, Asim Niaz Naqvi, Syed Junaid Ismail, Salman Ashfaq, Muhammad Asad Qureshi   +5 more
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Core outcome measurement instruments for clinical trials in nonspecific low back pain

Pain, 2017
To standardize outcome reporting in clinical trials of patients with nonspecific low back pain, an international multidisciplinary panel recommended physical functioning, pain intensity, and health-related quality of life (HRQoL) as core outcome domains.
Alessandro Chiarotto, M. Boers, R. Deyo, R. Buchbinder, Terry P. Corbin, L. Costa, N. Foster, M. Grotle, B. Koes, F. Kovacs, C. Lin, C. Maher, A. Pearson, W. Peul, M. Schoene, D. Turk, M. V. van Tulder, C. Terwee, R. Ostelo   +18 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

The Case of a 28‐Year‐Old Woman With Medically Refractory Focal Epilepsy

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT We present the case of a 28‐year‐old right‐handed woman with medically refractory focal epilepsy. Her seizure semiology and electroencephalography (EEG) indicated a seizure onset zone in the right central‐parietal area. However, both MRI and PET scans were unremarkable, showing no focal lesions or areas of altered metabolism.
Rishi Sharma, Ilo Leppik, Thomas Henry, Thaddeus Walczak, Sima Patel, Robert McGovern   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Lower back pain [PDF]

Evolution, Medicine, and Public Health, 2015
Lower back pain (LBP) is one of the most common and costly medical problems today [1, 2]. Pain is usually transitory and can arise from the intervertebral discs, bones, ligaments and muscles of the spine. Risk factors for LBP include genetic, environmental, psychosocial and biomechanical influences [3].
Castillo, Eric R., Lieberman, Daniel
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