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Conclusion: The clinical diagnosis had a poor association with radiologic abnormalities. Despite an increase in the number of MRI and CT scans, the number of patients deemed surgical candidates has not changed.
Effect of increased MRI and CT scan utilization on clinical decision-making in patients referred to a surgical clinic for back pain
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We conclude that the key obstacle to implementation of the new subgrouping for targeted treatment system for low back pain in primary care was an initial failure to achieve 'coherence' of the desired practice change with GPs. Despite this, GPs used the tool to different degrees, though this signified a...

Conclusion Persistence of back pain symptoms after pregnancy could be related to an inability to recover fully from BMD loss during the index pregnancy.
Persistence of back pain symptoms after pregnancy and bone mineral density changes as measured by quantitative ultrasound - a two year longitudinal follow up study To WWK, Wong...

Conclusion It was confirmed that BP starts early in life, but the patterns of onset and development over time vary for different parts of the spine and between genders. Because of these differences, it is recommended to report on BP in youngsters separately for the three spinal regions, and to differentiate...

Conclusions. MRI degenerative findings were modestly, but clearly associated with reporting of severe upper or mid back pain, with the association being somewhat less clear for back pain frequency and absent for 1-year prevalence of pain regardless of severity or frequency. The findings suggest a greater role for structural, degenerative...

Conclusions Multidisciplinary intervention seemed more effective than brief intervention in subgroups of patients with low job satisfaction, no influence on work planning and feeling at risk of losing their jobs due to their sick leave as compared with subgroups not fulfilling these criteria.
Subgroup analyses on return to work in sick-listed employees...

The overall objective was to evaluate the predictive validity of a subgroup classification based on the Swedish version of the MPI, the MPI-S, among gainfully employed workers with neck pain (NP) and/or low back pain (LBP) during a follow-up period of 18 and 36 months.
Conclusions The present study shows that this...

Conclusion: Future research and workplace interventions for the prevention of MSD need to consider WLC as an important stressor, and the MSD risk factor identified in this study.
Work-life Conflict and Musculoskeletal Disorders: A Cross-sectional Study of an Unexplored Association Oliver Hämmig; Michaela Knecht; Thomas Läubli; Georg F Bauer BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders. 2011;12...