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 9 (September)

1. Predictors of physical therapy clinic performance in the treatment of patients with low back pain syndromes.
   Phys Ther, 88(9): 989-1004; discussion 1004-11. [Abstract] [Full-text]
2. Electromyography for assessment of pain in low back muscles.
   Phys Ther, 88(9): 1061-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]
3. Isolated lumbar extensor strengthening versus regular physical therapy in an army working population with nonacute low back pain: a randomized controlled trial.
   Arch Phys Med Rehabil, 89(9): 1675-85. [Abstract] [Full-text]
4. Associations of back and leg pain with health status and functional capacity of older adults: findings from the retirement community back pain study.
   Arthritis Rheum, 59(9): 1306-13. [Abstract] [Full-text]
5. Quality of life, resource consumption and costs of spinal cord stimulation versus conventional medical management in neuropathic pain patients with failed back surgery syndrome (PROCESS trial).
   Eur J Pain, 12(8): 1047-58. [Abstract] [Full-text]
6. A novel radiofrequency thermocoagulation method for treatment of lower back pain: thermal conduction after instillation of saline solution into the nucleus pulposus--preliminary results.
   Acta Radiol, 49(8): 934-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
7. The clinical value of B-type natriuretic peptide (BNP) in predicting nocturnal low back pain in patients with concurrent lumbar spinal stenosis and cardiopulmonary dysfunction (Vesper's Curse): a clinical case series.
   Am J Phys Med Rehabil, 87(10): 798-802. [Abstract] [Full-text]
8. STIR sequence for depiction of degenerative changes in posterior stabilizing elements in patients with lower back pain.
   AJR Am J Roentgenol, 191(4): 973-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]

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