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 4 (2007), Issue 5 (May)

1. Percutaneous thermocoagulation intradiscal techniques for discogenic low back pain.
   Spine, 32(10): 1146-54. [Abstract] [Full-text]
2. Modic changes in endplates of lumbar vertebral bodies: prevalence and association with low back and sciatic pain among middle-aged male workers.
   Spine, 32(10): 1116-22. [Abstract] [Full-text]
3. A comparison of two short education programs for improving low back pain-related disability in the elderly: a cluster randomized controlled trial.
   Spine, 32(10): 1053-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
4. Radicular and nonradicular back pain in Parkinson's disease: a controlled study.
   Mov Disord, 22(6): 853-6. [Abstract] [Full-text]
5. Persistent local pain after posterior spine surgery for thoracic lesions.
   J Spinal Disord Tech, 20(3): 226-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
6. Relationship between balance performance and musculoskeletal pain in lower body comparison healthy middle aged and older adults.
   Arch Gerontol Geriatr, 45(1): 109-19. [Abstract] [Full-text]
7. Conflict about expressing emotions and chronic low back pain: associations with pain and anger.
   J Pain, 8(5): 405-11. [Abstract] [Full-text]
8. Low-back pain definitions in occupational studies were categorized for a meta-analysis using Delphi consensus methods.
   J Clin Epidemiol, 60(6): 625-33. [Abstract] [Full-text]
9. Results of the prospective, randomized, multicenter Food and Drug Administration investigational device exemption study of the ProDisc-L total disc replacement versus circumferential fusion for the treatment of 1-level degenerative disc disease.
   Spine, 32(11): 1155-62; discussion 1163. [Abstract] [Full-text]
10. Measuring outcomes in back care.
    Spine, 32(11): S9-14. [Abstract] [Full-text]
11. Massage therapy: a comfort intervention for cardiac surgery patients.
    Clin Nurse Spec, 21(3): 161-5; quiz 166-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]
12. US national prevalence and correlates of low back and neck pain among adults.
    Arthritis Rheum, 57(4): 656-65. [Abstract] [Full-text]
13. Total dorsal ramus block for the treatment of chronic low back pain: a preliminary study.
    Joint Bone Spine, 74(3): 270-4. [Abstract] [Full-text]
14. Costs and effects in lumbar spinal fusion. A follow-up study in 136 consecutive patients with chronic low back pain.
    Eur Spine J, 16(5): 657-68. [Abstract] [Full-text]
15. Determinants of "return to work in good health" among workers with back pain who consult in primary care settings: a 2-year prospective study.
    Eur Spine J, 16(5): 641-55. [Abstract] [Full-text]
16. Unloaded movement facilitation exercise compared to no exercise or alternative therapy on outcomes for people with nonspecific chronic low back pain: a systematic review.
    J Manipulative Physiol Ther, 30(4): 301-11. [Abstract] [Full-text]
17. Low back pain: clinimetric properties of the Trendelenburg test, active straight leg raise test, and breathing pattern during active straight leg raising.
    J Manipulative Physiol Ther, 30(4): 270-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
18. Mental disorders among persons with chronic back or neck pain: results from the World Mental Health Surveys.
    Pain, 129(3): 332-42. [Abstract] [Full-text]
19. Sex differences in consequences of musculoskeletal pain.
    Spine, 32(12): 1360-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]
20. Influence of pain distribution on gait characteristics in patients with low back pain: part 1: vertical ground reaction force.
    Spine, 32(12): 1329-36. [Abstract] [Full-text]
21. Naprapathic manual therapy or evidence-based care for back and neck pain: a randomized, controlled trial.
    Clin J Pain, 23(5): 431-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
22. Shared and independent associations of psychosocial factors on work status among men with subacute low back pain.
    Clin J Pain, 23(5): 409-16. [Abstract] [Full-text]

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