Spine
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An in vivo study to measure rat spinal cord blood flow in real-time at the site of compression using a newly developed device. ⋯ Duration of ischemia/compression and blood flow recovery of the spinal cord are important factors in the recovery of motor function after a spinal cord injury.
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Comparative Study
What is different about workers' compensation patients? Socioeconomic predictors of baseline disability status among patients with lumbar radiculopathy.
Combined analysis of 2 prospective clinical studies. ⋯ Clinical trials involving conditions commonly seen in patients with workers' compensation may need special efforts to ensure adequate representation. Socioeconomic characteristics markedly differed between patients receiving and not receiving workers' compensation. Identifying the independent effects of workers' compensation on outcomes will require controlling for these baseline characteristics and other clinical features associated with disability status.
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Comparative Study
Back pain in the German adult population: prevalence, severity, and sociodemographic correlates in a multiregional survey.
A population-based cross-sectional multiregion postal survey. ⋯ Back pain is a highly prevalent condition in Germany. Disabling back pain in this country may be regarded as part of a social disadvantage syndrome. Educational level should receive greater attention in future cross-regional comparisons of back pain.