The 2018 Lancet Low Back Pain Series, comprising 3 papers written by 31 authors from disparate disciplines and 12 different countries, raised unprecedented awareness of the …
AS Croft, S Illien-Jünger, S Grad, J Guerrero… - International journal of …, 2021 - mdpi.com
Chronic low back pain (LBP) remains a challenging condition to treat, and especially to cure. If conservative treatment approaches fail, the current “gold standard” for intervertebral disc …
Low back pain is the leading cause of years lived with disability globally. In 2018, an international working group called on the World Health Organization to increase attention on …
Assessment of medical images and diagnostic decision making of lumbar associated diseases by clinicians is invariably subjective, time consuming and challenging task …
BACKGROUND CONTEXT Low back pain is a major cause of morbidity and disability worldwide and is responsible for vast societal impact. Rates of surgical intervention for …
The phrase “to over-egg the pudding” is a terrific analogy for what is now increasingly common in health care: medical overuse. Cooks would know that if you skimp with the eggs …
ML Vraa, CA Myers, JL Young… - The Clinical Journal of …, 2022 - journals.lww.com
Objective: A common expectation for patients after elective spine surgery is that the procedure will result in pain reduction and minimize the need for pain medication. Most …
Background The first-line treatment consistently recommended for people with low back pain is patient education and advice. Regardless of the duration of low back pain, clinicians …
Background Autologous bone grafts are currently the standard in orthopedic surgery despite limited donor sources and the prevalence of donor site morbidity. Other alternatives such as …