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 5 (May)

1. Adolescent idiopathic scoliosis patients report increased pain at five years compared with two years after surgical treatment.
   Spine, 33(10): 1107-12. [Abstract] [Full-text]
2. A 50-year-old man with chronic low back pain.
   JAMA, 299(17): 2066-77. [Abstract] [Full-text]
3. Responsiveness of five condition-specific and generic outcome assessment instruments for chronic pain.
   BMC Med Res Methodol, 8: 26. [Abstract] [Full-text]
4. High-dose carisoprodol during pregnancy and lactation.
   Ann Pharmacother, 42(6): 898-901. [Abstract] [Full-text]
5. Low-back pain assessment based on the Brief ICF Core Sets: diagnostic relevance of motor performance and psychological tests.
   Am J Phys Med Rehabil, 87(6): 452-60. [Abstract] [Full-text]
6. The relationship between repeated epidural steroid injections and subsequent opioid use and lumbar surgery.
   Arch Phys Med Rehabil, 89(6): 1011-5. [Abstract] [Full-text]
7. Graded activity for workers with low back pain: who benefits most and how does it work?
   Arthritis Rheum, 59(5): 642-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
8. A primary care back pain screening tool: identifying patient subgroups for initial treatment.
   Arthritis Rheum, 59(5): 632-41. [Abstract] [Full-text]

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