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: low back pain is a common health problem that has many consequences, including disability and absence from work.this study aimed to determine the prevalence of low back pain among women referred to quds clinic in tehran, iran.  material and methods: this cross-sectional study was conducted on women referred to quds clinic, in east of tehran. a total of 100 patients were studied over...

OBJECTIVE To study the prevalence of hand pain and hand disability in an open population, and the contribution of their potential determinants. METHODS Baseline data were used from 7983 participants in the Rotterdam study (a population based study in people aged > or =55 years). A home interview was used to determine the presence of hand pain during the previous month, rheumatoid arthritis, o...

Background: It is important to use reliable, valid, and responsive instruments to assess the treatment outcomes. The functional rating index (FRI) is a patient reported outcome measure to assess the pain and function in patients with neck and low back pain. The FRI has been translated and culturally adapted into Persian language. The purpose of this study was to investigate the responsiveness o...

OBJECTIVE To assess low back pain (LBP) intensity and subjective disability during pregnancy and compare the pain scores with lumbar motion patterns. DESIGN A prospective study of pregnant back pain sufferers and healthy controls. SETTING Kuopio University Hospital, Kuopio, Finland. PARTICIPANTS Study group consisted of 32 pregnant women with LBP; control group consisted of 21 healthy pre...

Background: Neck Pain is a prevalent musculoskeletal condition usually associated with disability. Psychological illnesses like anxiety and depression are commonly seen in chronic pain. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the relationship between anxiety, disability patients non-specific neck pain.Methods: 87 pain were recruited cross-sectional study. evaluated index, generalized disorder...

OBJECTIVE To study associations between pain, trunk muscle strength, flexibility and disability in patients with lumbar disc herniation 2 months after surgery. DESIGN Clinical cross-sectional survey. PARTICIPANTS 172 operated lumbar disc herniation patients. METHODS Back and leg pain on Visual Analogue Scale, Oswestry Disability Index and Brief Depression Scale were applied to assess the ...

AIM This paper reports a study testing the effect of music on power, pain, depression and disability, and comparing the effects of researcher-provided music (standard music) with subject-preferred music (patterning music). BACKGROUND Chronic non-malignant pain is characterized by pain that persists in spite of traditional interventions. Previous studies have found music to be effective in dec...

BACKGROUND The purpose of this study was to determine whether either regional anesthesia (RA) or general anesthesia (GA) provided the best analgesia with the fewest adverse effects up to 2 weeks after ambulatory hand surgery. METHODS Patients undergoing ambulatory hand surgery were randomly assigned to RA (axillary brachial plexus block; n = 50) or GA (n = 50). Before surgery, all patients ra...

  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...