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Eighty-two high performance young male fast bowlers (mean age 16.8 years) were tested immediately prior to the season for selected kinanthropometric and physiological data. Subjects were also filmed both laterally (200 Hz) and from above (100 Hz) while bowling so that their front foot impacted a force platform during the...

Is a history of work-related low back injury associated with prevalent low back pain and depression in the general population? Cesar A Hincapie , J DAVID Cassidy and Pierre Cote BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2008, 9:22
Conclusions Our analysis shows an association between past occupational low back injury and increasing severity of prevalent...

Acceptance and perceived barriers of implementing a guideline for managing low back in general practice Jean-Francois Chenot , Martin Scherer , Annette Becker , Norbert Donner-Banzhoff , Erika Baum , Corinna Leonhardt , Stefan Keller , Michael Pfingsten , Jan Hildebrandt , Heinz-Dieter Basler and Michael M. Kochen Implementation Science...

USA Dept of Labor, Occupational Safety and Health Administration. OSHA Technical Manual Section VII Chapter 1.
1. GENERAL. Back disorders can develop gradually as a result of microtrauma brought about by repetitive activity over time or can be the product of a single traumatic event. Because...

Background Although many clinicians believe there are clinically important subgroups of persons with "non-specific" low back pain, such subgroups have not yet been clearly identified. As part of a large trial evaluating acupuncture for chronic low back pain, we sought to identify subgroups of participants that were particularly responsive to acupuncture.
Conclusion This...

The prevalence of back pain in the geriatric population is estimated to be more than 70%.[1-3] As with many other clinical conditions, the cause, course, and evaluation of back pain in elderly people is different than in younger people. An elderly patient with a very first episode of low back merits...

Acute low back pain (<6 weeks) is a common presenting symptom in primary care. Most low back pain is mechanical in nature and does not signify a dangerous underlying abnormality. However, some back pain indicates a serious condition, such as inflammatory disease, fracture, referred pain (eg, from rupturing aortic...

Conclusion Both physical work load and fear-avoidance beliefs matters in those with previous LBP. Only fear-avoidance beliefs matters in those without previous LBP. The study did not find a moderating effect of fear-avoidance beliefs on the association between physical work load and LBP.
The predictive effect of fear-avoidance beliefs on low back...

In the treatment of chronic back pain, cognitive methods are attracting increased attention due to evidence of similar effectiveness to traditional therapies. The purpose was to compare the effectiveness of performing a cognitive intervention with that of a state-of-the-art symptom-based physical training method on the outcomes of low back pain...

Report on Effect of Glucosamine on Pain-Related Disability in Patients With Chronic Low Back Pain and Degenerative Lumbar Osteoarthritis: A Randomized Controlled Trial
Wilkens P, Scheel IB, Grundnes O, Hellum C, Storheim K JAMA. 2010;304:45-52
Article Summary - Glucosamine has been routinely recommended help treat peripheral joint osteoarthritis.[1] Its use has been advocated...

Results Four clusters with distinctly different clinical courses were described and further validated against clinical baseline variables and outcomes. Cluster 1, a "stable" cluster, where the course was relatively unchanged over time, contained young patients with good self- rated health. Cluster 2, a group of "fast improvers" who were very bothered...

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...