Articles: low-back-pain.
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Randomized Controlled Trial
Loving-kindness meditation for chronic low back pain: results from a pilot trial.
Loving-kindness meditation has been used for centuries in the Buddhist tradition to develop love and transform anger into compassion. This pilot study tested an 8-week loving-kindness program for chronic low back pain patients. ⋯ Clinicians may find loving-kindness meditation helpful in the treatment of patients with persistent pain.
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Low back pain (LBP) is a major physical and socioeconomic entity. A significant percentage of LBP is attributable to internal disc disruption. The management of internal disc disruption has traditionally been limited to either conservative treatment or spinal fusion. ⋯ PNT represents a new less invasive technique for the treatment of discogenic pain, but limited research is available to determine long-term clinical efficacy. IDET and PNT are potentially beneficial treatments for internal disc disruption in carefully selected patients as an alternative to spinal fusion. More basic science and clinical research with long-term follow-up evaluation is necessary.
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Sacroiliac joint dysfunction is believed to be a significant source of low back and posterior pelvic pain. ⋯ A reliable examination technique to identify the sacroiliac joint as a source of low back pain seems to be pain relief following a radiologically guided injection of a local anaesthetic into the sacroiliac joint. Most patients respond to non-operative treatment. Patients who do not respond to non-operative treatment should be considered for operative sacroiliac joint stabilization.
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J Manipulative Physiol Ther · Sep 2005
Multicenter Study Clinical TrialThe Nordic back pain subpopulation program: the long-term outcome pattern in patients with low back pain treated by chiropractors in Sweden.
(1) To describe the low back pain (LBP) pattern at baseline; (2) to describe the long-term outcome pattern; (3) to investigate the presence of distinct subgroups in relation to outcome; (4) to establish whether short-term outcome is a predictor of long-term outcome. ⋯ Knowledge of specific subgroups may improve the quality of care and the selection of homogeneous study populations in clinical trials.
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The effect of sensory motor learning (SML) on chronic low back pain (CLBP) patients' movement capacity was evaluated with the optoelectronic Posturo-Locomotion-Manual (PLM) test. ⋯ The study shows that the CLBP patients had learned and retained a more efficient behavior. The results suggest that SML is an effective intervention for nonspecific CLBP patients.