scholarly journals A Health- and Resource-Oriented Perspective on NSLBP

ISRN Pain ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 2013 ◽  
pp. 1-19 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cornelia Rolli Salathé ◽  
Achim Elfering
Keyword(s):  
Low Back Pain ◽  
Back Pain ◽  
Low Back ◽  
Normal Functioning ◽  
Important Health ◽  
Pubmed Search ◽  
Therapeutic Measures ◽  
Important Health Issue ◽  
The One ◽  
Development Risk

Nonspecific low back pain (NSLBP) is an important health issue of our time. Personal as well as economic factors, like suffering pain and experiencing disability on the one hand and enormous and still increasing costs to the economy and society on the other hand, display the importance of the matter. Tremendous research has been conducted in the last few decades on NSLBP. A PubMed search (June 17, 2013) on “low back pain” provided 22,980 hits, and when specifying for “low back pain, systematic review,” 3,134 hits were still generated. Most research has been done examining the development, risk factors, or therapeutic measures of NSLBP, but hardly any literature exists on resources related to NSLBP. The aims of this review are twofold. In order to shade light on the salutogenetic approach of NSLBP, and thus to focus on health instead of illness, the first aim is to facilitate the understanding of which therapeutic measures enhance the ability to cope with chronic NSLBP and enable (more) normal functioning in life. The second aim is to stimulate the understanding of resources protecting against the onset of NSLBP or against the development of chronic NSLBP and its resulting work absence.

scholarly journals The social media intervention for lower back pain education study (SMILE): a protocol for a randomized trial to reduce occupational low back pain in nursing professionals

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Seyedeh Somayeh Kazemi ◽  
Sedigheh-Sadat Tavafian ◽  
Ali Montazeri
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Low Back Pain ◽  
Back Pain ◽  
Risk Behaviors ◽  
Controlled Trial ◽  
Low Back ◽  
Important Health ◽  
Media Intervention ◽  
Important Health Issue ◽  
Occupational Low Back Pain

Abstract Background Low back pain in nursing profession remains an important health issue. This study aims to assess whether a theory based interactive social media intervention could change job-related risk behaviors among nursing personnel. Methods This is a community-randomized controlled trial. Three settings of hospitals will randomly be assigned to the study arms: Intervention setting 1 receiving an in-person educational package; intervention setting 2 receiving the same material a web-based; and a control setting receiving nothing. The intervention would contain materials related to occupational risk behaviors and will try to promote the knowledge, attitude, skill, and self-efficacy of nurses on low back pain preventive behaviors. The primary outcome will be reduction in low back pain. The study also will assess whether the intervention could reduce pain-related disability and improve the quality of life. Discussion Occupational low back pain among nurses could adversely affect both patients and nurses’ health. This study is an attempt to see if social media could play a role to guide the development and implementation of future interventions.

Postural balance in low back pain patients: Intra-session reliability of center of pressure on a portable force platform and of the one leg stand test

2011 ◽  
Vol 34 (2) ◽  
pp. 213-217 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thomas Maribo ◽  
Kristian Stengaard-Pedersen ◽  
Lone Donbæk Jensen ◽  
Niels Trolle Andersen ◽  
Berit Schiøttz-Christensen
Keyword(s):  
Low Back Pain ◽  
Back Pain ◽  
Postural Balance ◽  
Center Of Pressure ◽  
Force Platform ◽  
Low Back ◽  
Stand Test ◽  
The One ◽  
Pain Patients

Do Imaging Findings Predict the Need for Work Restrictions?

2017 ◽  
Vol 22 (3) ◽  
pp. 14-16
Author(s):  
Marjorie Eskay-Auerbach ◽  
James B. Talmage
Keyword(s):  
Low Back Pain ◽  
Back Pain ◽  
Work Ability ◽  
Medical Literature ◽  
Strong Association ◽  
Current Medical ◽  
Low Back ◽  
Resonance Imaging ◽  
Magnetic Resonance Imaging Mri ◽  
The One

Abstract Physicians frequently are asked to assess work ability in individuals with low back pain (LBP) who also require an impairment rating. Physicians may be tempted to base their decisions about the individual's work ability on spinal anatomy/diagnosis as established by imaging, because that may seem objective. However, a review of the current medical literature consistently demonstrates that anatomical abnormalities identified on imaging do not predict functional ability. Rather, recent studies have demonstrated a strong association between the number of symptoms and functional status, on the one hand, and the lack of correlation between findings on imaging and symptoms, on the other hand. For example, a systematic review by Mayo Clinic physicians of 33 published studies in which 3110 asymptomatic adults were imaged using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) showed that, in middle age when most problematic back pain problems present, roughly half of asymptomatic adults had disc bulges, roughly one-third had disc protrusions, and roughly one-quarter had annular fissures. The authors of the present study also review related studies regarding low back pain and conclude that current scientific knowledge suggests that imaging alone is not useful in predicting function or in assessing future risk. Degenerative changes on imaging are not a sound basis for work restrictions because they do not correlate with risk or capacity.

Evaluation of the correlation between the Istanbul Low Back Pain Disability Index, Back Pain Functional Scale and other back pain disability scales in Turkish patients with low back pain

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-5
Author(s):  
Ahmet Karadağ ◽  
Muhammet Canbaş
Keyword(s):  
Low Back Pain ◽  
Back Pain ◽  
Strong Correlation ◽  
Low Back ◽  
Functional Scale ◽  
Pain Disability Index ◽  
Pain Disability ◽  
Important Health ◽  
Disability Questionnaire ◽  
Turkish Patients

BACKGROUND: Low back pain is an important health problem that may cause functional loss. Several back pain disability scales have been developed in different languages. OBJECTIVE: The present study evaluates the correlation between the Istanbul Low Back Pain Disability Index (ILBPDI) the Back Pain Functional Scale (BPFS) and other back pain disability scales in patients with mechanical low back pain. METHODS: Included in the study were 105 patients who presented to our outpatient clinics and who were diagnosed with mechanical low back pain. The ILBPDI, BPFS, Quebec back pain disability scale (QBPDS) and Oswestry low back pain disability questionnaire (ODI) were administered to all participants, and Visual analogue scale (VAS) scores were recorded. RESULTS: A strongly negative correlation was identified between ILBPDI and BPFS (p< 0.05), and a strongly positive correlation was noted between ILBPDI and QBPDS, ODI and VAS. CONCLUSION: A strong correlation exists between ILBPDI and BPFS, and a further strong correlation between ILBPDI ODI and QBPDS. These questionnaires can be used interchangeably to evaluate disability associated with chronic mechanical low back pain.

Chronic low back pain: Physical training, graded activity with problem solving training, or both? The one-year post-treatment results of a randomized controlled trial

Pain ◽  
2008 ◽  
Vol 134 (3) ◽  
pp. 263-276 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rob J.E.M. Smeets ◽  
Johan W.S. Vlaeyen ◽  
Alita Hidding ◽  
Arnold D.M. Kester ◽  
Geert J.M.G. van der Heijden ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Randomized Controlled Trial ◽  
Low Back Pain ◽  
Back Pain ◽  
Controlled Trial ◽  
Low Back ◽  
Treatment Results ◽  
Randomized Controlled ◽  
Graded Activity ◽  
One Year ◽  
The One

The effect of the ‘One Stretch’ exercise on the improvement of low back pain in Japanese nurses: A large-scale, randomized, controlled trial

2019 ◽  
Vol 29 (5) ◽  
pp. 861-866 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hiroyuki Oka ◽  
Takuo Nomura ◽  
Fuminari Asada ◽  
Kenichiro Takano ◽  
Yasuhiko Nitta ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Randomized Controlled Trial ◽  
Low Back Pain ◽  
Back Pain ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Controlled Trial ◽  
Low Back ◽  
Randomized Controlled ◽  
The One ◽  
Japanese Nurses

scholarly journals Accuracy of motor tests related to musculoskeletal fitness as predictors of low back pain in adolescents: a pilot study

2020 ◽  
pp. 1-7
Author(s):  
Raphael Gonçalves de Oliveira ◽  
Rodrigo Franco de Oliveira ◽  
Anne Karoline Remonte ◽  
Sandy Caroline Garcia ◽  
Cláudia Roberta Brunnquell Sczepanski ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Low Back Pain ◽  
Back Pain ◽  
Statistical Significance ◽  
Adult Population ◽  
Area Under The Curve ◽  
Predictive Ability ◽  
Low Back ◽  
Male Adolescents ◽  
Motor Tests ◽  
The One

Background: The prevalence of low back pain in adolescents is close to that found in the adult population. In view of the relationship between low back pain and the resistance of the spine stabilizing muscles, studies have sought to identify the ability of specific motor tests to predict this condition. Objectives: Our objective was to verify the predictive ability of three motor tests related to musculoskeletal fitness to identify adolescents with low back pain. Methods: The sample consisted of 150 adolescents, of both sexes, aged between 15 and 19 years. The Nordic questionnaire validated for Brazilian adolescents was applied to identify those with low back pain. Subsequently, three motor tests (one-minute sit-up test, Sorensen test and lateral plank test) were applied. Statistical analysis involved the ROC curve, to identify the Area Under the Curve (AUC), assuming a 95% confidence interval. Results: It was observed in males that all the tests had a low AUC (between 0.56 and 0.57), without statistical significance (p > 0.05). For females, AUC ranged from 0.62 to 0.66, with statistical significance (p < 0.05) for the cut-off points identified in the one-minute sit-up test (≤ 24 repetitions) and Sorensen test (≤ 28 seconds), however, without significance (p > 0.05) for the lateral plank test. Conclusion: Motor tests of abdominal and paravertebral muscle resistance were not predictors of low back pain in male adolescents. Despite the low accuracy, the cut-off points identified in the one-minute sit-up test and Sorensen test, can be used with some caution to predict low back pain in female adolescents.

scholarly journals Neuromuscular Functional Assessment in Low Back Pain by Surface Electromyography (SEMG)

2019 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 61-67 ◽  
Author(s):  
Luca Coppeta ◽  
Sandro Gentili ◽  
Stefano Mugnaini ◽  
Ottavia Balbi ◽  
Stefano Massimiani ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Low Back Pain ◽  
Back Pain ◽  
Surface Electromyography ◽  
Clinical History ◽  
Electromyographic Activity ◽  
Healthy Controls ◽  
Low Back ◽  
Flexion Relaxation Phenomenon ◽  
The One ◽  
Flexion Relaxation

Background: Low back pain is a major occupational health issue and a leading cause of disability globally. Significant differences in Surface Electromyography (SEMG) have been reported between persons with Low Back Pain (LBP) and normal, healthy controls. Many studies reveal that when the trunk is in full flexion there is an electrical silence in back muscles referred to as “flexion-relaxation phenomenon.” It is often absent in individuals reporting LBP and particularly chronic LBP. There are several SEMG measures that describe this phenomenon. Objective: To evaluate muscle activity in acute and chronic LBP and the usefulness of quick and reliable procedures to demonstrate abnormal electromyographic activity of the spine erector muscles. Methods: We evaluated 40 subjects aged 25-65 years. For each participant, a clinical history regarding the presence of chronic or acute LBP was collected. Each subject was evaluated with SEMG measures of spine erector muscles during standing and prone position (for acute LBP), and flex-extension movement (for chronic LBP subjects). Superficial potential was recorded and compared between groups. Results: In all three procedures, differences were identified in the surface electromyographic activity between the healthy controls and the one affected by LBP. Conclusion: The study of normal and pathologic electromyographic patterns could be a valid means to support in an objective way the presence/absence of acute and chronic LBP.

Yoga and Chronic Low Back Pain

2010 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
pp. 53-54
Author(s):  
Neil Pearson
Keyword(s):  
Low Back Pain ◽  
Back Pain ◽  
Chronic Low Back Pain ◽  
Research Evidence ◽  
Cost Effective ◽  
Effective Intervention ◽  
Low Back ◽  
Growing Body ◽  
The One

Recently, on a number of occasions, I have come across the statement, "Research supports that Yoga decreases low back pain." This led me to consider the level of clarity and truth of this statement. Many of my students would agree with this statement, and there is a growing body of research suggesting that Yoga should be considered as an effective and cost-effective intervention for people with chronic low back pain. However, the research evidence does not support making such a broad statement as the one above.

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