Hydrotherapy and chronic lower back pain: A pilot study

Trunk stabilization among women with chronic lower back pain: a randomized, controlled, and blinded pilot study

Treatment for mechanical lower back pain is a challenge in Western society, in which its occurrence can now be considered to have reached epidemic proportions. The origin of such pain and the factors that cause it to become chronic and recurrent remain poorly understood. Abnormalities in motor control and trunk muscle function have been found in individuals with chronic lumbar pain. Many studie...

Chronic Mechanical Lower Back Pain

♦ Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery, Dept of Neurosurgery, Hahnemann University Hospital, Drexel College of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, USA ◊ University Neurosurgical Pain Clinic, Philadelphia, PA, USA ________________________________________________________________________ OBJECTIVE: To determine the significance of facet joint arthropathy (FJA) in chronic mechanical lower back pain (CMLBP) ...

back pain among paramedics: a pilot study

A comparative study of trunk proprioception between patients with chronic non-specific low back pain and discopathic low back pain

Introduction: Low back pain is one of the most common disorders in modern society. Disturbed properioception can be a possible cause of low back pain and can cause recurrence of low back pain. Previous studies have shown that low back pain reduces proprioception due to instability in the low back. Since the degenerative process of disc herniation is one of the important factors in exacerbating ...

Back Pain Among Paramedics: A Pilot Study

The back pain is one of the most prevalent health problems, and about 60-80% of people encounter with the same problem at least once in their whole life time (1). Several studies have shown that some healthcare workers are at high risk of musculoskeletal disorders, particularly low back pain (2). The Nurses and paramed-ic staffs, especially ambulance paramedics who work in prehospital emergency...