Back Pain Research Today is a free monthly online journal that collates and summarizes the latest research about Back Pain, including details on lower back pain, sciatica, treatment, prevention, medication.

Volume 2 (2005), Issue 3 (March)

1. Health care providers' orientations towards common low back pain predict perceived harmfulness of physical activities and recommendations regarding return to normal activity.
   Eur J Pain, 9(2): 173-83. [Abstract] [Full-text]
2. The influence of different unloading positions upon stature recovery and paraspinal muscle activity.
   Clin Biomech (Bristol, Avon), 20(4): 365-71. [Abstract] [Full-text]
3. A randomized trial investigating a chiropractic manual placebo: a novel design using standardized forces in the delivery of active and control treatments.
   J Altern Complement Med, 11(1): 109-17. [Abstract] [Full-text]
4. Epidural steroid therapy for back and leg pain: mechanisms of action and efficacy.
   Spine J, 5(2): 191-201. [Abstract] [Full-text]
5. Spinal shrinkage and recovery in women with and without low back pain.
   Arch Phys Med Rehabil, 86(3): 505-11. [Abstract] [Full-text]
6. Repositioning accuracy and movement parameters in low back pain subjects and healthy control subjects.
   Eur Spine J, 14(2): 185-91. [Abstract] [Full-text]
7. Back pain in pregnancy: 1-year follow-up of untreated cases.
   Eur Spine J, 14(2): 151-4. [Abstract] [Full-text]
8. The value of electromyography of the lumbar paraspinal muscles in discriminating between chronic-low-back-pain sufferers and normal subjects.
   Eur Spine J, 14(2): 175-84. [Abstract] [Full-text]
9. A non-randomized clinical control trial of Harrison mirror image methods for correcting trunk list (lateral translations of the thoracic cage) in patients with chronic low back pain.
   Eur Spine J, 14(2): 155-62. [Abstract] [Full-text]
10. Validation of the Tunisian version of the Roland-Morris questionnaire.
    Eur Spine J, 14(2): 171-4. [Abstract] [Full-text]
11. Effects of low back disability status on lower back discomfort during sustained and cyclical trunk flexion.
    Ergonomics, 48(3): 219-33. [Abstract] [Full-text]
12. Are difficulties perceiving and expressing emotions associated with low-back pain? The relationship between lack of emotional awareness (alexithymia) and 12-month prevalence of low-back pain in 1180 urban public transit operators.
    J Psychosom Res, 58(1): 73-81. [Abstract] [Full-text]
13. Radiofrequency neurotomy for low back pain: evidence-based procedural guidelines.
    Pain Med, 6(2): 129-38. [Abstract] [Full-text]
14. Do health care providers' attitudes towards back pain predict their treatment recommendations? Differential predictive validity of implicit and explicit attitude measures.
    Pain, 114(3): 491-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
15. Race and socioeconomic differences in post-settlement outcomes for African American and Caucasian Workers' Compensation claimants with low back injuries.
    Pain, 114(3): 462-72. [Abstract] [Full-text]
16. Lower back disorders among forklift operators: an emerging occupational health problem?
    Am J Ind Med, 47(4): 333-40. [Abstract] [Full-text]
17. Coping strategy use: does it predict adjustment to chronic back pain after controlling for catastrophic thinking and self-efficacy for pain control?
    J Rehabil Med, 37(2): 100-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]
18. Disability, pain, psychological factors and physical performance in healthy controls, patients with sub-acute and chronic low back pain: a case-control study.
    J Rehabil Med, 37(2): 95-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
19. The 'number needed to sample' in primary care research. Comparison of two primary care sampling frames for chronic back pain.
    Fam Pract, 22(2): 205-14. [Abstract] [Full-text]

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