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Indication-Specific Protocols to Reduce CT Radiation
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Persistent Back Pain Linked to Earlier Mortality in Older Women
Frequent persistent back pain is associated with increased mortality in older women.
Subjective and Objective Well-Being Profiles in Chronic Back Pain
Well-being was found to be associated with psychosocial resources and subjective evaluations to a greater extent than with objective measures in patients with chronic back pain.
Dorsal Root Ganglion Stimulation Disrupts Back Pain
Dorsal root ganglion neurostimulation therapy may reduce pain and disability in patients with chronic lower extremity and back pain.
Inflammatory Back Pain Resolves in Many Patients
Inflammatory back pain often resolves, while in 30 percent of patients it progresses to spondyloarthritis within 10 years.
Transformainal Epidural Steroid Injection Superior to Caudal in Lumbosacral Disk Herniation
For patients with lumbosacral disk herniation being considered for epidural steroid injection (ESI) to treat back and radicular pain, transforaminal ESI may be superior to caudal ESI in terms of clinical outcomes.
Pain Neuroscience Education May Improve Kinesiophobia in Chronic Spinal Pain
Pain neuroscience education in patients with chronic spinal pain may improve kinesiophobia and the perceived negative consequences and cyclicity of illness.
Discectomy for Lumbar Disc Herniation Improves Associated Back Pain
Patients with a lumbar disc herniation and associated back pain may experience improvements in back pain, leg pain, and disability 12 months after single- or 2-level lumbar discectomy.
Postpartum Abdominoplasty Improves Back Pain, Incontinence
Abdominoplasty in the postpartum population improves low back pain and urinary incontinence.
Milwaukee Brace for Adolescent Scoliosis Associated With Long-Term Back Pain
Women who were treated as adolescents with a restrictive Milwaukee brace during adolescence may be at higher risk for experiencing low back pain and neck-related disabilities in adulthood.
Perturbation-Based Rehabilitation Effective for Chronic Low Back Pain
Variable and unpredicted perturbations to the spine may lead to increased muscle strength and pain reduction in patients with chronic nonspecific low back pain.
Clinical Pain Advisor Articles
- IASP Updates Classification of Chronic Pain
- IASP Updates Diagnosis Criteria for Chronic Primary Pain for ICD-11
- Galcanezumab Provides Persistent Preventive Effects in Episodic, Chronic Migraine
- Early Physical Therapy for Musculoskeletal Pain May Reduce Opioid Use
- OnabotulinumtoxinA Therapy May Reduce Frequency, Severity of New Daily Persistent Headache
- Reviewing the Use of Buprenorphine in Perioperative Pain Management
- Psychological Comorbidities in Chronic Pelvic Pain
- External Trigeminal Nerve Stimulation May Alleviate Migraine Pain
- IASP Updates Diagnosis Criteria for Chronic Primary Pain for ICD-11
- Galcanezumab Provides Persistent Preventive Effects in Episodic, Chronic Migraine
- Opioids Found to Increase Risk for Community-Acquired Pneumonia, Particularly in HIV
- Chronic Neuropathic Pain Updated Classification by IASP for ICD-11
- Private Equity Acquisition of Physician Practices Discussed
- Many Adults in 50s, Early 60s Worried About Health Insurance
- Social Media and the Spread of Misinformation: Taking Back Public Health
