Articles: low-back-pain.
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A survey of a random sample of 1002 members of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police to determine their experience with low back pain. ⋯ The prevalence of low back pain in this police force is comparable with that in the general population, and driving a patrol car or wearing the duty belt does not appear to influence the prevalence rate in this population.
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Arch Phys Med Rehabil · Apr 1998
Back and hip extensor fatigability in chronic low back pain patients and controls.
To compare the lumbar paraspinal and gluteus maximus muscle fatigability between chronic low back pain patients and healthy controls by using electromyographic (EMG) spectral analysis during a maximal isometric endurance task. ⋯ The chronic low back pain patients were weaker and fatigued faster than the healthy controls. The EMG fatigue analysis results suggest that the gluteus maximus muscles are more fatigable in chronic low back pain patients than in healthy control subjects during a sustained back extension endurance test.
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Int J Qual Health Care · Apr 1998
Understanding physicians' imaging test use in low back pain care: the role of focus groups.
To gain understanding about why a controlled intervention to reduce variability in lumbar spine imaging test use rates for low back pain patients was ineffective among internal medicine and family practice physicians in a large US health maintenance organization. ⋯ Our findings suggest that gaining information from focus groups prior to designing physician behavior change interventions may aid the design of more effective interventions.
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There is little evidence about the management and course of chronic low back pain in primary care. ⋯ A variety of options for the treatment and referral of chronic low back pain patients is available for and used by GPs. Efforts should be made to establish which diagnostic and therapeutic procedures are the most effective for chronic low back pain.
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A prospective evaluation of the incidence of low back pain in college athletes was undertaken. ⋯ Athletes with lower extremity acquired ligamentous laxity or overuse may be at risk for the development of noncontact low back pain during athletic competition. Female athletes with lower extremity involvement appeared to have a higher incidence of low back pain treatment compared with their male counterparts. Inflexibility of the lower extremities or leg length discrepancy were not associated with future low back pain treatment.