Articles: low-back-pain.
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To study the pathogenesis of the pain of discography and the discogenic low back pain. ⋯ Findings indicate that the strip zone of granulation tissue with extensive innervation in the posterior part of the painful disc is the original site of the pain of discography and the discogenic low back pain. The strip zone of granulation tissue might originate from the injury and subsequent reparation of the margin of annulus fibrosus. The difference of the aging disc and painful disc which can not be differed each other on MRI is the formation of the strip zone of granulation tissue along tear histologically in posterior part of the painful disc.
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A cross-sectional study of low back pain and its related aspects in a representative sample of Greek population. ⋯ According to the results of the study, low back pain is a frequent symptom in the general Greek population. Low back pain frequency and severity are associated with several socio-demographic factors, especially with age, sex, and kind of job.
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Interventions for chronic low back pain (CLBP) often attempt to modify patients' levels of catastrophizing, their fear-avoidance beliefs, and their appraisals of control. Presumably, these interventions are based on the notion that changes in these cognitive factors are related to changes in measures of adjustment. The aim of the present study was to explore whether changes on these cognitive factors were related to changes in CLBP and disability. ⋯ The study found that changes in the cognitive factors were not significantly associated with changes in pain intensity. In contrast, reductions in fear-avoidance beliefs about work and physical activity, as well as increased perceptions of control over pain were uniquely related to reductions in disability, even after controlling for reductions in pain intensity, age and sex. The final model explained 71% of the variance in reductions in disability.
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J Manipulative Physiol Ther · Jun 2004
Low back pain in Australian adults. health provider utilization and care seeking.
To determine the characteristics of Australian adults who seek care for low back pain (LBP), including the type of care they choose and any factors associated with making those choices. ⋯ This study shows that a majority of people did not seek care for their LBP. The reasons for care seeking proved to be independent of social or economic status.