background: the aim of this study was to evaluate the level of disability and pain intensity among two groups of governmental employees and sellers who suffering from chronic low back pain.  material and methods: this descriptive – analytic study was performed from dec 2015to mar 2016among employed staff members of education ministry (n=50) and 40 sellers with chronic low back pain who were sel...

AIM To determine if psychosocial factors are associated with outcome in patients with neck pain or low back pain. METHODS In a prospective, multi-center chiropractic practice-based cohort study in Belgium and The Netherlands, 917 patients, of which 326 with neck pain and 591 with low back pain, completed self-administered questionnaires at baseline, following the second visit, and at 1, 3, 6 ...

OBJECTIVES To assess the effects of a 9-week yoga intervention on chronic nonspecific neck pain 12 months after completion. DESIGN Twelve-month follow-up of the pooled data of both arms of a randomized, controlled trial. SETTING Department of Internal and Integrative Medicine at an academic teaching hospital. SUBJECTS Fifty-one patients with chronic nonspecific neck pain (mean age 47.8 ye...

BACKGROUND The Tampa Scale of Kinesiophobia (TSK) that was developed in 1990 is a 17 item scale originally developed to measure the fear of movement related to chronic lower back pain. OBJECTIVE To review the literature regarding TSK and neck pain, perceived disability and range of motion of the cervical spine. METHODS Medline, MANTIS, Index to Chiropractic Literature and CINAHL were search...

We aimed to determine the association of cervical range motion (ROM) with clinical features headache and neck pain psychosocial factors in patients migraine. Seventy women diagnosed migraine were questioned regarding onset frequency, presence, intensity self-reported pain. These individuals also completed following questionnaires: Neck Disability Index, Migraine Assessment, Patient Health Quest...

[Purpose] This study examined the effects of High Intensity Laser Therapy on pain and function of patients with chronic back pain. [Subjects and Methods] This study evenly divided a total of 20 patients with chronic back pain into a conservative physical therapy group that received conservative physical therapy, and a high intensity laser therapy group that received High Intensity Laser Therapy...

The objective of this study was to evaluate if a single session actual or placebo cupping and instrument-assisted soft tissue mobilization (IASTM) therapy in patients with Nonspecific low back pain would be enough temporarily reduce intensity functional disability. outcome measures were Numerical rating scale Oswestry Disability Index questionnaire. This is an experimental clinical trial; after...

BACKGROUND This pilot study investigated whether semi-rigid and soft orthoses had an effect on pain, disability and functional limitation in participants with chronic rheumatoid hindfoot involvement. METHODS Participants with chronic hindfoot pain were randomly assigned to 2 groups, commencing either with semi-rigid Subortholene orthoses or soft EVA orthoses. The Foot Function Index and the R...