Articles: low-back-pain.
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This case report describes the treatment of a patient who had symptoms and signs suggestive of a sacroiliac joint component of low back pain. The patient developed right-sided low back pain without provocation. ⋯ After treating the sacroiliac joint and restoring symmetrical hip rotation, the patient no longer complained of low back pain. This case report suggests that asymmetrical hip rotation may contribute to what is often called a sacroiliac joint component of low back pain.
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Scand J Prim Health Care · Dec 1992
Randomized Controlled Trial Clinical TrialTreatment of pelvic joint dysfunction in primary care--a controlled study.
The study evaluated the manual treatment of dysfunction of the pelvic joints. This is one of many condition causing low back pain. In 1987-1988 a general practitioner with special knowledge of physical examination and manual treatment of lumbar and pelvic dysfunctions made a survey of patients with acute or subacute low back pain as the main cause of the patient-to-doctor contact. ⋯ After a period of three weeks, evaluation was made by an independent observer. Subjective pain measurement and a mobility test showed no significant difference. Sick-leave and consumption of analgesics (both decided by patient) were significantly less in the treatment group.
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Comparative Study Clinical Trial
Chronic low back pain patients around the world: cross-cultural similarities and differences.
The current study sought to determine whether there were any significant cross-cultural differences in medical-physical findings, or in psychosocial, behavioral, vocational, and avocational functioning, for chronic low back pain patients. ⋯ It was concluded that there were important cross-cultural differences in chronic low back pain patients' self-perceived level of dysfunction, with the American patients clearly the most dysfunctional. Possible explanations included cross-cultural differences in social expectation; attention; legal-administrative requirements; financial gains; attitudes-expectations about usage, type, and availability of health care; and self-perceived ability and willingness to cope.
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Orthopaedic nursing · Nov 1992
Compounded problem: chronic low back pain and overweight in adult females.
Overweight adult females may have negative self-concepts and body images compounded by chronic low back pain and obesity. This subgroup of clients need special attention and nursing interventions to adjust to chronic low back pain and to achieve permanent weight control. Interventions designed to improve female clients' self-concepts and body images also support their efforts toward weight control, and, in turn, improve their negative perceptions of chronic pain. Orthopaedic nurses are in an excellent position to explore the relationships among body image, overweight, and chronic low back pain.
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Baillieres Clin Rheumatol · Oct 1992
ReviewPrevention of low back pain: basic ergonomics in the workplace and the clinic.
Redesigning the job is a strategy for preventing low back injuries at work or for accommodating injured employees who return to work. An evaluation of the physical job demands is necessary in either strategy. Several job demands are associated with low back pain and injury--heavy physical work, static or postural effort, dynamic work-load and exposure to wholebody vibration. ⋯ A health care provider should be part of a task force that oversees these interventions. Future effort should be directed to finding a method that health care practitioners could be competent to carry out effectively in a clinical setting. Expert systems offer promising results in disseminating ergonomic knowledge in primary and secondary health care facilities.