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 5 (2008), Issue 4 (April)

1. The reliability of nonorganic sign-testing and the Waddell score in patients with chronic low back pain.
   Spine, 33(7): 821-6. [Abstract] [Full-text]
2. Better backs by better beds?
   Spine, 33(7): 703-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
3. The use of expertise-based randomized controlled trials to assess spinal manipulation and acupuncture for low back pain: a systematic review.
   Spine, 33(8): 914-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
4. Pain in the back and neck are with us until the end: a nationwide interview-based survey of Danish 100-year-olds.
   Spine, 33(8): 909-13. [Abstract] [Full-text]
5. Rasch analysis of three versions of the Oswestry Disability Questionnaire.
   Man Ther, 13(3): 222-31. [Abstract] [Full-text]
6. Urinary incontinence in women with low back pain.
   Man Ther, 13(3): 206-12. [Abstract] [Full-text]
7. Spontaneous septic diskitis: a common complaint with a serious pathologic cause that should not been overlooked.
   Am J Emerg Med, 26(4): 514.e5-6. [Abstract] [Full-text]
8. Not all acute lower back pain is benign--paravertebral abscess and colonic cancer.
   Am J Emerg Med, 26(4): 513.e3-4. [Abstract] [Full-text]
9. Psychometric testing confirms that the Brazilian-Portuguese adaptations, the original versions of the Fear-Avoidance Beliefs Questionnaire, and the Tampa Scale of Kinesiophobia have similar measurement properties.
   Spine, 33(9): 1028-33. [Abstract] [Full-text]
10. Beliefs about the causes and consequences of pain in patients with chronic inflammatory or noninflammatory low back pain and in pain-free individuals.
    Spine, 33(9): 966-72. [Abstract] [Full-text]
11. Full-endoscopic interlaminar and transforaminal lumbar discectomy versus conventional microsurgical technique: a prospective, randomized, controlled study.
    Spine, 33(9): 931-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
12. Postpartum sacral stress fracture: an unusual case of low-back and buttock pain.
    Am J Phys Med Rehabil, 87(5): 418-22. [Abstract] [Full-text]
13. The association between obesity and the prevalence of low back pain in young adults: the Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns Study.
    Am J Epidemiol, 167(9): 1110-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]

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