repeated imaging for diagnosis of low back pain

Repeated Imaging for Diagnosis of Low Back Pain

Imaging for low-back pain.

436 www.thelancet.com Vol 373 February 7, 2009 Over the past decade there has been a broad consensus between diff erent scientifi c organisations worldwide on the benign self-limiting nature of (unspecifi c) low-back pain and hence the need for education of patients—to reassure patients and encourage them to continue with normal activities. Although most patients with back pain never receive an...

Clinical diagnosis for discogenic low back pain

Discogenic lower back pain (DLBP) is the most common type of chronic lower back pain (LBP), accounting for 39% of cases, compared to 30% of cases due to disc herniation, and even lower prevalence rates for other causes, such as zygapophysial joint pain. Only a small proportion (approximately 20%) of LBP cases can be attributed with reasonable certainty to a pathologic or anatomical entity. Thus...

Effects of acupressure on low back pain

Low Bock Pain is a very common condition; as about 80% of people experience it throughout their life. Low Back Pain has negative effects on different aspects of the clients’ lives. The objective of the research is conducted to evaluate the effect of acupressure on Low Back Pain and decline amount medication. Ninety patients were selected by convenience sampling and then randomly divided into th...

Effects of acupressure on low back pain

Low Bock Pain is a very common condition; as about 80% of people experience it throughout their life. Low Back Pain has negative effects on different aspects of the clients’ lives. The objective of the research is conducted to evaluate the effect of acupressure on Low Back Pain and decline amount medication. Ninety patients were selected by convenience sampling and then randomly divided into th...

Correction: Clinical diagnosis for discogenic low back pain

We would like to make the following corrections of our paper (Int J Biol Sci 2009; 5:647-658) . On Page 649, the sentence “Mckenzie in 1981 first described the centralization phenomenon, which consists of pain in the central line of the spine upon lateral movement” should be replaced by “McKenzie in 1981 first defined the centralization phenomenon as a rapid change in the location of pain from ...