Back to the Future: “De-Transition” to Low-Car Cities

Predicting the transition from acute to persistent low back pain.

BACKGROUND Most people experience low back pain (LBP) at least once in their lifetime. Only a minority of them go on to develop persistent LBP. However, the socioeconomic costs of persistent LBP significantly exceed the costs of the initial acute LBP episode. AIMS To identify factors that influence the progression of acute LBP to the persistent state at an early stage. METHODS Prospective i...

Zambia : Back to the future ?

Back to the Evolutionary Future

Many books on evolution focus on the distant past or the present. Very few authors addressing a lay audience present what evolutionary changes may look like in the future. Coker has done so in this popular science book intended for a general audience. Basing the text on his similarly named course given at Elon University, the author provides a fascinating account of diverse aspects of evolution...

Perspective: Back To The Future

The paper by Brad Gray and colleagues summarizes a decade of challenge, growth, and evolution within what is now called the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) and the field of health services research, and it gives new depth to the old saying, “May you live in interesting times.” Their assessment of the significance of the agency’s reauthorization and description of continued cha...

Back to the future: epidurography.

In this issue of the AJNR, Johnson (no relation) et al (page 697) describe their experience with the use of fluoroscopy and epidurography in the placement of epidural steroids. The authors assert that the subarachnoid injection of corticosteroids is a serious complication that can be avoided with the use of epidurography. A series of 5334 outpatient epidural steroid injections were performed af...