Back Pain Archives - Clinical Pain Advisor

Implantable Neurostimulation Device Cleared for Chronic Low Back Pain

By

Steve Duffy

June 25, 2020

The FDA has approved ReActiv8, an implantable neurostimulation system, for the treatment of intractable chronic low back.

Musculoskeletal Pain

Tanezumab Improves Function in Chronic Low Back Pain

June 25, 2020

For patients with chronic low back pain, tanezumab 10 mg significantly improves pain and function.

Musculoskeletal Pain

Low Back Pain in Knee Osteoarthritis Associated With Greater Fall Risk

By

Hannah Dellabella

February 6, 2020

Researchers investigated the relationship between low back pain and falls among patients with knee osteoarthritis in a 12-month period.

Back & Spine Pain

Reviewing the Efficacy of Media Campaigns for Back Pain Self-Management

By

Tyler Rice

October 11, 2019

Mass media back pain education campaigns may help increase awareness of the benefits of self-management.

Back & Spine Pain

Lumbar Transforaminal Steroid Injection Reduces Radicular Pain

By

Brandon May

August 26, 2019

Investigators assessed the effectiveness of lumbar transforaminal steroid injection to treat radicular pain in patients with disk herniation.

Back & Spine Pain

Novel Opioid Receptor Agonist Found Effective for Chronic Low Back Pain

By

Amit Akirov, MD

August 23, 2019

NKTR-181 was found to be a safe, effective, and well tolerated treatment over the long term in patients with moderate to severe chronic low back pain.

Interventional Pain Management

MRI Scans Often Alter Management of Proposed Lumbar Spine Injections

By

Gary Rothbard, MD

June 12, 2019

The majority of interventional spine physicians reported using magnetic resonance imaging ahead of lumbar epidural steroid injections to correlate with the physical examination.

Low Back Pain

Lumbar ESI May Improve Function, Pain in Elderly Patients With Symptomatic Stenosis

By

Gary Rothbard, MD

April 17, 2019

Older individuals with symptomatic lumbar stenosis who were given lumbar epidural steroid injections were found to have improved pain scores and physical function 1 month after the intervention.

Back & Spine Pain

Health-Related Quality of Life in Early Arthritis, Inflammatory Back Pain

By

Hannah Dellabella

March 27, 2019

Researchers posit that improvement of health related quality of life should be an objectives of treatment of early arthritis and early inflammatory back pain, but their finding is that disease only explains part of the assessment of quality of life.

Chronic Pain

High Frequency TENS Beneficial in Chronic Low Back Pain

By

Gary Rothbard, MD

March 1, 2019

Daily use of a high-frequency transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation device may reduce pain and improve function in patients with chronic low back pain.