Spine
-
Multicenter Study Comparative Study
Translation and validation study of the Iranian versions of the Neck Disability Index and the Neck Pain and Disability Scale.
Cultural translation and psychometric testing. ⋯ The Iranian versions of the NDI and NPDS are reliable and valid instruments to measure functional status in Persian-speaking patients with neck pain in Iran. They are simple and easy to use and now can be applied in clinical settings and future outcome studies in Iran and other Persian speaking communities.
-
Randomized Controlled Trial Multicenter Study Comparative Study
The effects of lifestyle intervention for hypertension on low back pain: a randomized controlled trial.
Randomized controlled trial. ⋯ Multidisciplinary lifestyle intervention aimed to reduce hypertension is not effective at reducing prevalence of low back pain or disability. However, in the subgroup of persons doing moderate or heavy work, the intervention seemed to reduce prevalence of low back pain during the 1-year follow-up.
-
Multicenter Study
COL6A1 polymorphisms associated with ossification of the ligamentum flavum and ossification of the posterior longitudinal ligament.
A case-control association study was conducted to investigate the genetic etiology for ossification of the ligamentum flavum (OLF) and ossification of the posterior longitudinal ligament of the spine (OPLL). ⋯ This is the first report on SNPs of COL6A1 in OLF that suggests polymorphisms may be a risk factor for OLF. Our findings indicate that COL6A1 may be a common susceptibility gene for OLF and OPLL in Chinese Han population.
-
Multicenter Study
Minimal clinically important change for pain intensity and disability in patients with nonspecific low back pain.
Cohort study. ⋯ In subacute and chronic patients, improvements in LBP of
-
Multicenter Study
Strategies for prevention and operative treatment of aortic lesions related to spinal interventions.
A retrospective analysis of a case series was performed. ⋯ In patients with complex spinal trauma, spondylodiscitis or difficult vertebral reinterventions, and an increased risk of major vessel injury, a preoperative interdisciplinary evaluation is recommended, even under emergency conditions. Endovascular stent graft technique is an additional option for prevention and treatment of suspected or acute aortic injuries of thoracic and infrarenal aortic lesions, whereas injuries to the visceral aortic segment still require advanced vascular reconstructions.