Causality of genetically determined serum metabolites on lower back pain or/and sciatica: a comprehensive Mendelian randomized study [PDF]
Frontiers in Pain ResearchBackgroundThere is an urgent need to confirm biomarkers reflecting the pathogenesis and targeted drugs of lower back pain or/and sciatica in clinical practice.
Yi-Ming Ren +9 more
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Sciatica-like pain caused by cervical spondylotic myelopathy: four case reports and systematic review [PDF]
Frontiers in MedicineObjectiveThis study aimed to demonstrate and characterize a rare cervical spondylotic myelopathy (CSM) with sciatica-like pain as the main clinical manifestation through case presentation and systematic review.MethodsFour cases of CSM with sciatica-like ...
Changsheng Han +4 more
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Causal effects of skin microbiota on intervertebral disk degeneration, low back pain and sciatica: a two-sample Mendelian randomization study [PDF]
Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery and ResearchObjective The purpose of this study is to use two-sample Mendelian randomization (MR) to investigate the causal relationship between skin microbiota, especially Propionibacterium acnes, and intervertebral disc degeneration (IVDD), low back pain (LBP) and
Yuchao Jia +4 more
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Elevated serum C-reactive protein levels in COVID-19 patients with sciatica: implications for prognosis and treatment strategies [PDF]
Acta Clinica CroaticaTo the best of our knowledge, no previous study has reported characteristics of C-reactive protein (CRP) levels in COVID-19 patients with comorbidities such as sciatica and lumbar syndrome. Th e objective of this study was to examine whether CRP levels
Aleksandar Kostić +5 more
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Causal association between circulating inflammatory markers and sciatica development: a Mendelian randomization study [PDF]
Frontiers in NeurologyBackgroundThis research explores the causal association between circulating inflammatory markers and the development of sciatica, a common and debilitating condition.
Yang Wu +4 more
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Association between lipid-lowering agents with intervertebral disc degeneration, sciatica and low back pain: a drug-targeted mendelian randomized study and cross-sectional observation [PDF]
Lipids in Health and DiseaseBackground Abnormal lipid metabolism is linked to intervertebral disc degeneration (IVDD), sciatica, and low back pain (LBP), but it remains unclear whether targeted interventions can prevent these issues.
Chenxu Liu +8 more
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NONDISCOGENIC SCIATICA SYNDROME, A REPORT ON 41 PATIENTS. [PDF]
Basrah Journal of Surgery, 2021 41 patients with clinical features of discogenic sciatica during the last 25 years, proved later on by investigations and imaging to be a nondiscogenic in origin, The aim of the study is to inform spinal surgeons of possible differential diseases that ...
Thamer Hamdan, Daren Lui, Raed Chasib
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BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders, 2023 Objective The aim of this study was to determine the relationship between multifidus degeneration and sex, age and side of protrusion in patients with lumbar disc herniation(LDH).
Guogang Tian +6 more
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Acupuncture for Atraumatic Shoulder Conditions: Protocol for a Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
Frontiers in Medicine, 2022 IntroductionShoulder pain is one of the most common musculoskeletal disorders among adults and is caused by a variety of shoulder conditions. The popularity of different acupuncture methods in the nonsurgical treatment of shoulder pain has recently ...
Yi Wang +5 more
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Modeling chronic pain experiences from online reports using the Reddit Reports of Chronic Pain dataset [PDF]
Information 2023, 14(4), 237, 2021 Objective: Reveal and quantify qualities of reported experiences of chronic pain on social media, from multiple pathological backgrounds, by means of the novel Reddit Reports of Chronic Pain (RRCP) dataset, using Natural Language Processing techniques.
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