abstract   background: sacroiliac joint (sij) dysfunction is a widely known but poorly defined   cause of low back pain. to our knowledge, few published studies have been   conducted to evaluate systematically the prevalence and significance of concomitant   sacroiliac joint dysfunction in patients with herniated lumbar discs. as concomitant   sij dysfunction in low back pain patients is likely...

abstract   background: sacroiliac joint (sij) dysfunction is a widely known but poorly defined cause of low back pain. to our knowledge, few published studies have been conducted to evaluate systematically the prevalence and significance of concomitant sacroiliac joint dysfunction in patients with herniated lumbar discs. as concomitant sij dysfunction in low back pain patients is likely to resp...

introduction: due to limitations of current treatments for degenerative disc disease, arthroplastic methods to repair the diseased disc have been proposed. the artificial disc is a mobile implant for degenerative disc replacement that attempts to lessen the degeneration of the adjacent elements following interbody fusion procedures. because the success of artificial disc replacement depends on ...

objectives: altered movement strategy and postural control has been observed in low back pain (lbp) patients. objective of this study was to determine postural response following support surface translation, also correlations between postural response related measures and disability caused by lbp. methods: 20 healthy subjects and 20 patients with recurrent non specific lbp participated in this ...

introduction: work pressure and excessive workload can jeopardize and impair the people’s health. one of these impairments is musculoskeletal disorders. among these disorders, low back pain is the most common and most costly problem. the purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between workload and prevalence of low back pain in assembly line workers of a car manufacturing fact...

mini abstract: this study is an extended follow up of the original trial study (nct00600197) that has been published in the clinical journal of pain. this trial aimed to explore if the proposed multidisciplinary program could improve quality of life and disability of the patients suffering from chronic low back up to 36 months.   methods and material: in this clinical randomized trial seventy p...

introduction: besides having major effects on the stability of lumbar vertebrae, diaphragm and abdominal muscles play an important role in respiration. the function of these muscles may gradually change in patients with chronic low back pain leading to an inefficacious respiration. the aim of this study was to evaluate respiratory volumes in a group of patients with chronic low back pain and to...

conclusions the predictive value of the two statistically significant red flags only marginally raises the clinical suspicion of spinal cord or cauda equina compression. effective risk stratification of patients presenting to the ed with acute back pain is crucial; however, this study did not support the use of these red flags in their current form. patients and methods it was a retrospective c...