Articles: low-back-pain.
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Randomized Controlled Trial Multicenter Study Clinical Trial
Efficiency and costs of medical exercise therapy, conventional physiotherapy, and self-exercise in patients with chronic low back pain. A pragmatic, randomized, single-blinded, controlled trial with 1-year follow-up.
A multicenter, randomized, single-blinded controlled trial with 1-year follow-up. ⋯ The efficiency of medical exercise therapy and conventional physiotherapy is shown. Leaving patients with chronic low back pain untampered poses a risk of worsening the disability, resulting in longer periods of sick leave.
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Multicenter Study
Lumbar olisthesis and lower back symptoms in elderly white women. The Study of Osteoporotic Fractures.
A Cross-sectional study. ⋯ Anterolisthesis of 3 mm or more in the lower lumbar spine is relatively common among elderly women but is not correlated with back problems. Retrolisthesis at L3-L4 is associated with increased back pain and impaired back function.
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Multicenter Study
Long-term results of unstable pelvic ring fractures in children.
Seventeen patients less than 12 years old sustained unstable pelvic ring fractures and were treated non-operatively. They were followed for 2 to 25 years. ⋯ Five patients complained about chronic back pain, two were functionally impaired by severe pelvic asymmetry. Healing of an unstable pelvic fracture in malposition with asymmetry causes poor results and must be prevented.
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Case Reports Multicenter Study Clinical Trial Historical Article
The Bagby and Kuslich method of lumbar interbody fusion. History, techniques, and 2-year follow-up results of a United States prospective, multicenter trial.
A prospective, multicenter trial of the Bagby and Kuslich method of lumbar interbody stabilization for chronic discogenic low back pain, with follow-up evaluation at 3 months, 6 months, and yearly thereafter, with independent radiographic analysis. ⋯ Carefully selected middle-aged patients with chronic low back pain secondary to degenerative disc disease can be treated effectively and safely by skilled surgeons using the Bagby and Kuslich device for one- and two-level interbody fusion.
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Randomized Controlled Trial Multicenter Study Clinical Trial
Efficacy of traction for nonspecific low back pain. 12-week and 6-month results of a randomized clinical trial.
A randomized clinical trial. ⋯ Most common flaws of earlier studies on traction therapy could be overcome. This trial did not support the claim that traction is efficacious for patients with low back pain.