[Purpose] The present study was performed to identify the effect of a home exercise program on the self-reported disability index and gait parameters in patients with lumbar spinal stenosis (LSS). [Methods] Fifteen patients with LSS were enrolled in this study and were trained in a 4-week home exercise program (40 min/day). All patients were evaluated with three self-reported disability indices...

STUDY DESIGN A randomized controlled trial with 3 and 6 months follow-up. OBJECTIVE To compare the effectiveness of acupuncture with simulated acupuncture in patients with subacute and chronic whiplash-associated disorders. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA Acupuncture is widely used for the treatment of neck and other musculoskeletal pain, and there is some evidence supporting its effectiveness f...

introduction: multiple sclerosis (ms) is one of the most common disabling diseases in young adults. common manifestations include fatigue, bladder and bowel disorders, pain, mobility problems, and cognitive impairment. these symptoms seriously affect the activity of daily living (adl) of people with ms. the purpose of this study to investigate relationship between disability severity and adl in...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the effectiveness of transcranial direct current stimulation alone and in combination with cognitive behavioural management in patients with non-specific chronic low back pain. DESIGN Double blind parallel group randomised controlled trial with six months' follow-up conducted May 2011-March 2013. Participants, physiotherapists, assessors, and analyses were blinded to gro...

OBJECTIVE The causes of low back pain in China and Western countries are extremely different. We attempted to analyze the risk factors of low back pain in urban and rural patients under the dual economy with the simplified Chinese version of Roland-Morris disability questionnaire (SC-RMDQ) to demonstrate that SC-RMDQ could evaluate patients with low back pain arising from different causes. ME...

Abstract Introduction: Education professionals are one of the most important occupational groups and represents main parts economy modern society. The vocal demands mentioned by teachers talking while standing up, a lot in closed environment, which corresponds to frequent situations encountered teaching. In addition, remaining position for prolonged period may have repercussions on other system...

STUDY DESIGN Retrospective database analysis. OBJECTIVE A range of patient-reported outcomes were used to measure disability due to low back pain. There is not a single back pain disability measurement commonly used in all randomized controlled trials. We report here our assessment as to whether different disability measures are sufficiently comparable to allow data pooling across trials. S...

Objectives To evaluate the discriminative validity and provide a clinical cut-off of craniocervical flexion test (CCFT) in migraineurs stratified by report neck pain, headache-related disability disability. Methods Fifty women without headache 102 with migraine were recruited convenience from local tertiary care setting. Migraine diagnosis followed International Classification Headache Disorder...

Background: Despite the potential benefits of virtual reality technology in physical rehabilitation, only a few studies have evaluated the efficacy of this type of treatment in patients with neck pain.Objective: The aim of this study was to compare the effects of virtual reality training (VRT) versus conventional proprioceptive training (CPT) in patients with neck pain.Methods: Forty four parti...