Journal of back and musculoskeletal rehabilitation
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J Back Musculoskelet Rehabil · Jan 2014
Assessing self-perception in patients with chronic low back pain: development of a back-specific body-perception questionnaire.
There is considerable interest in the role that disturbance of body-perception may play in long standing pain problems such as chronic low back pain (CLBP), both as a contributor to the clinical condition and as a potential target for treatment. In some chronic pain conditions body-perception has been investigated using self-report questionnaires. There is currently no questionnaire for assessing body-perception in people with CLBP. ⋯ Symptoms of body-perception distortion were endorsed by most CLBP patients, while these symptoms are very infrequent amongst healthy controls. Our results suggest the questionnaire has reasonable psychometric properties.
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J Back Musculoskelet Rehabil · Jan 2014
The prevalence of fibromyalgia among patients with cervical radiculopathy due to cervical disc herniation: a pilot study.
Cervical disc herniation (CDH) is the most common cause of cervical radiculopathy and could overlap with fibromyalgia (FM). ⋯ The prevalences of FM and widespread pain in patients with CDH were found as 11.5% and 78.8% respectively.
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J Back Musculoskelet Rehabil · Jan 2014
Randomized Controlled TrialEffects of the high-power pain threshold ultrasound technique in the elderly with latent myofascial trigger points: a double-blind randomized study.
The high-power pain threshold ultrasound (HPPTUS) technique has been introduced as a novel treatment method in patients with myofascial trigger points (MTrPs). The aim of the current study was to compare the therapeutic effects of HPPTUS with those of the conventional ultrasound technique in elderly patients with latent MTrPs on the upper trapezius muscles of at least 1 side. ⋯ The results indicate that the HPPTUS technique in same manner as treatment of active MTrPs is not superior to the conventional ultrasound technique in the treatment of the elderly patients with the latent MTrPs.
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J Back Musculoskelet Rehabil · Jan 2014
Randomized Controlled TrialEffects of different frequencies of conventional transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation on pressure pain threshold and tolerance.
Pulse frequency is one of the key determinants of analgesic outcomes by transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS). However, optimal settings remain unclear. ⋯ These findings established that, at 150 pps conventional TENS, threshold and tolerance values were consistently higher. These results are presented to inform future research regarding optimal conventional TENS parameters and to provide support for clinical applications.
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J Back Musculoskelet Rehabil · Jan 2014
Comparative Study Clinical TrialAssessment of forward head posture in females: observational and photogrammetry methods.
There are different methods to assess forward head posture (FHP) but the accuracy and discrimination ability of these methods are not clear. ⋯ Our results showed that, craniovertebral angle method may discriminate the females with moderate-severe and non FHP more accurate than head position angle and head tilt angle. The photogrammetric method had excellent inter and intra rater reliability to assess the head and cervical posture.