objectives: to compare the outcomes of prone and supine lumbar traction in patients with chronic discogenic low back pain. methods: the test was prospective and randomized control trial. the structure of trial was urban physical medicine and rehabilitation clinic. participants was included of a total of 124 subjects with chronic low back pain (lbp) and evidence of a degenerative and/or herniate...

objective: low back pain is the most common skeletal disorder worldwide that 50% to 80% of people experience it at least once in their lifetime. physical and psychological factors in the work environment can relatively contribute to low back pain. in this study, we examined the prevalence of low back pain and influential factors in its development among nursing staff.   methods: in this cross-s...

conclusions the educational framework provided by im for at training improved attitude and behavioral beliefs that can facilitate the adoption of at behavior and decreased clbp. results significant differences were recorded before and after intervention (p < 0.001) for the model constructs of intention, perceived risk, direct attitude, behavioral beliefs, and knowledge in both groups. direct at...

conclusions results show that trigger point injection therapy in patients suffering from chronic lumbosacral radiculopathy with trigger points can significantly improve their recovery, and conservative therapy may not be adequate. results out of 98 patients, 64 had trigger points. thirty-two patients were assigned to each group. pain scores (mean ± sd) in tp group was 7.12 ± 1.13 and in n group...

conclusions altogether, ozone had significant positive effects on patients with disk herniation unresponsive to other conservative and minimally invasive treatments. background disk herniation (dh) is one of the most common disk lesions, inducing low back pain (lbp). various therapeutic options have been proposed for treatment of disk herniation (dh). intradiscal injection of ozone has been sug...

in a retrospective study the clinical presentations, neurological findings, contrast studies, operative findings, and the follow-up results of 314 patients with disc herniation were studied over a 10-year period. this disease was most frequent between the ages of 30 to 40 and mostly in males. low back pain with or without radicular pain was the most frequent symptom, involving the left leg in t...

background: alterations in the neuromuscular control of the spine were found in patients with chronic low back pain (clbp). sudden loading of the spine is assumed to be the cause of approximately 12% of lower back injuries. however, some aspects of this problem, such as alterations in the sensory–motor control of the spine, remain questionable. this study investigated postural and neuro–motor c...

OBJECTIVES To investigate the usefulness of a back care education programme on the promotion of knowledge and behaviour of fifth-grade elementary schoolchildren in terms of reducing risk factors for low back pain later in life. METHODS Multi-stage random sampling was used to classify the pupils in one of the intervention or control groups. A validated questionnaire was filled out by each subj...