Spine
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Randomized Controlled Trial Multicenter Study
Neck/shoulder exercise for neck pain in air force helicopter pilots: a randomized controlled trial.
The study was a randomized, controlled trial with blinded outcome assessment. A 6-week intervention was followed up directly afterwards and after 12 months. ⋯ A supervised neck/shoulder exercise regimen was effective in reducing neck pain cases in air force helicopter pilots. This was supported by improvement in neck-flexor function postintervention in regimen members. However, no effect emerged for pain-related fear. General strength training before the intervention predicted reduction in prevalence of pain at follow-up.
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Randomized Controlled Trial Comparative Study
Great expectations: really the novel predictor of outcome after spinal surgery?
Prospective study. ⋯ In this patient group, expectations of surgery were overly optimistic. Having one's expectations fulfilled was most important for a good outcome. The results emphasize the importance of assessing patient-orientated outcome in routine practice, and the factors that might influence it, such that realistic expectations can be established for patients before surgery.
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Randomized Controlled Trial
Effectiveness of the physical therapy Godelive Denys-Struyf method for nonspecific low back pain: primary care randomized control trial.
A simple blind, random controlled clinical trial. ⋯ Treatment of nonspecific LBP using the GDS method provides greater improvements in the midterm (6 months) in terms of the pain, functional ability, and quality of life perceived by patients than the conventional treatment based administered in primary care.