Articles: back-pain.
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Randomized Controlled Trial
The Effect of Sitting on Stability Balls on Non-Specific Lower Back Pain, Disability, and Core Endurance: A Randomized Controlled Crossover Study.
Experimental randomized crossover. ⋯ Ball-sitting had no significant effects on LBP or associated disability, but did improve core endurance in the sagittal plane. Although ball-sitting may be useful as an adjunct treatment for LBP when core muscles are involved, clinicians should rely on other, evidence-based treatments for LBP.
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Randomized Controlled Trial Comparative Study
Photobiomodulation of the dorsal root ganglion for the treatment of low back pain: A pilot study.
Chronic low back pain is a worldwide public health issue with high socioeconomic impact. The aim of this study was to determine the efficacy of laser irradiation of the dorsal root ganglion of the second lumbar spinal nerve for chronic axial low back pain compared to lidocaine injection and radiofrequency treatment. ⋯ Laser irradiation caused an immediate decrease in low back pain post-procedure similar to pain reduction caused by lidocaine injection. Both lidocaine injection and laser irradiation were more effective than radiofrequency treatment for immediate and longer term (1 month post-treatment) chronic back pain. Lasers Surg. Med. 48:653-659, 2016. © 2016 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
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Bmc Musculoskel Dis · Aug 2016
Randomized Controlled Trial Comparative Study Observational StudyEvaluation of a risk-stratification strategy to improve primary care for low back pain: the MATCH cluster randomized trial protocol.
Despite numerous options for treating back pain and the increasing healthcare resources devoted to this problem, the prevalence and impact of back pain-related disability has not improved. It is now recognized that psychosocial factors, as well as physical factors, are important predictors of poor outcomes for back pain. A promising new approach that matches treatments to the physical and psychosocial obstacles to recovery, the STarT Back risk stratification approach, improved patients' physical function while reducing costs of care in the United Kingdom (UK). This trial evaluates implementation of this strategy in a United States (US) healthcare setting. ⋯ This trial will provide the first randomized trial evidence of the clinical effectiveness of implementing risk stratification with matched treatment options for low back pain in a United States health care delivery system.
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Int J Soc Psychiatry · Aug 2016
Letter Randomized Controlled TrialHow a pain management program for patients and spouses can benefit their lives?
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Randomized Controlled Trial Multicenter Study Comparative Study
A Prospective, Randomized, Multi-Center, Open-Label Clinical Trial Comparing Intradiscal Biacuplasty to Conventional Medical Management for Discogenic Lumbar Back Pain.
This study was a prospective, randomized, crossover, multicenter trial for the evaluation of comparative effectiveness of intradiscal biacuplasty (IDB) versus conventional medical management (CMM) in the treatment of lumbar discogenic pain. ⋯ 2.