OBJECTIVES The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between daily physical activity (PA) level and low back pain (LBP) in young women. MATERIAL AND METHODS Two hundred forty three female, desk-job workers aged 20-40 voluntarily participated in the study. The participants were assessed by the use of Oswestry Disability Index for measuring LBP disability and by the use of t...

The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effect of abdominal muscle strengthening training (AMST) using proprioceptive neuromuscular facilitation (PNF) on pulmonary function, pain, and functional disability index in chronic low back pain (CLBP) patients. Thirty CLBP patients were randomly assigned to the traditional physical therapy (control) group (n=15) and PNF-AMST group (n=15). Forced ...

OBJECTIVE To develop a valid and reliable functional disability scale for chronic low back pain (CLBP). METHODS Inpatients and outpatients suffering from low back pain (LBP) for at least 3 months were selected randomly. Patients with inflammatory LBP were not recruited. Interrater reliability and Cronbach's α were examined. Face, content, convergent and divergent validities were investigated....

BACKGROUND No proof of efficacy, in the form of a randomized controlled trial (RCT), exists to support pulsed radiofrequency (PRF) treatment of the dorsal root ganglion (DRG) for chronic lumbar radicular (CLR) pain. We determined the feasibility of a larger trial (primary objective), and also explored the efficacy of PRF in decreasing pain on a visual analog scale (VAS) and improving the Oswest...

J Rehabil Med 44 © 2012 The Authors. doi: 10.2340/16501977-1034 Journal Compilation © 2012 Foundation of Rehabilitation Information. ISSN 1650-1977 Objective: To compare the clinical implications of electro­ diagnostic study with those of magnetic resonance imaging in patients with lumbosacral intervertebral herniated disc or spinal stenosis. Design: Retrospective study of clinical data. Patien...

  Background: Literature recommends that refractory cases with lumbar disc herniation and appropriate indications are better to be treated surgically, but do all the patients throughout the world consent to the surgery with a same disability and pain threshold? We aim to elucidate the prevalence and severity of disabilities and pain in Iranian patients with lumbar disc herniation who have conse...

BACKGROUND Instrumented lumbar arthrodesis has been established as the gold standard in the care of patients with degenerative disc disease. However, spinal fusion results in the elimination of motion of the functional spinal unit and has been implicated in the development of adjacent-level degeneration. Motion-preserving devices such as the dynamic rod allow for stabilization of a pathologic m...

BACKGROUND Adult scoliosis is sometimes associated with back pain. Recently, the Peak™ Scoliosis Brace was designed to alleviate pain in adult patients with scoliosis. OBJECTIVES To test the efficacy of the Peak Scoliosis Brace in reducing pain in adult scoliosis patients. STUDY DESIGN Prospective experimental cohort study. METHODS A total of 20 adult females with back pain secondary to i...

OBJECTIVES To assess the clinical effectiveness of surgical stabilisation (spinal fusion) compared with intensive rehabilitation for patients with chronic low back pain. DESIGN Multicentre randomised controlled trial. SETTING 15 secondary care orthopaedic and rehabilitation centres across the United Kingdom. PARTICIPANTS 349 participants aged 18-55 with chronic low back pain of at least o...

OBJECTIVE To determine whether dry needling of an active myofascial trigger point (MTrP) reduces pain and alters the status of the trigger point to either a non-spontaneously tender nodule or its resolution. DESIGN A prospective, nonrandomized, controlled, interventional clinical study. SETTING University campus. PARTICIPANTS A total of 56 subjects with neck or shoulder girdle pain of mor...