conclusions the predictive value of the two statistically significant red flags only marginally raises the clinical suspicion of spinal cord or cauda equina compression. effective risk stratification of patients presenting to the ed with acute back pain is crucial; however, this study did not support the use of these red flags in their current form. patients and methods it was a retrospective c...

The structural basis of chronic low back pain has been well described (1). Facet joints have been implicated as responsible for spinal pain in 15% to 52% of patients with chronic low back pain in controlled studies based on the type of population studied and the setting (2). Controlled studies also have reported the prevalence of discogenic pain as 26% to 39% of patients suffering with chronic ...

  Abdominal cystic lymphangioma is a rare benign neoplasm. Less than 1% of lymphangiomas is in the retroperitoneum. Lymphangioma is mostly asymptomatic. Chronic symptoms were reported in retroperitoneal type more than others. Acute symptoms due to complications like infection, cyst rupture or hemorrhage may occur. We report an 18-years-old girl with low back pain from 6 months ago with huge pel...

Objective: To determine the prevalence of low back pain nonspecific and associated factors in schoolchildren. Method: This cross-sectional study investigated 343 adolescents, aged between 12 and 15 years, of both sexes of public schools. The questionnaire included questions regarding sociodemographic characteristics, type of school transportation, body mass index and low back pain. The outcome ...

UNLABELLED BACKGROUND It is generally believed that the prevalence of back pain increases with age and as the proportion of elderly will keep rising we may be facing serious public health concerns in the future. AIM The aim of this systematic literature review is to establish whether back pain (i.e. neck, mid-back and/or low back pain) becomes increasingly common in the older population, s...

Prevalence of Low Back Pain and its Relationship with Work Ability Index Among Workers Printing Industry

Objective: To determine the prevalence and risk factors causing low back pain in Thai nurses working in a public hospital. Material and Method: A cross-sectional study was conducted among 265 Thai Hospital nurses between July and August 2008. A self-reported questionnaire was used to collect the data onsite. Risk factors including personal factors, working factors, job stress, health behavior, ...

Low back pain covers a spectrum of different types (eg, nociceptive, neuropathic and nociplastic, or non-specific) that frequently overlap. The elements comprising the lumbar spine soft tissue, vertebrae, zygapophyseal sacroiliac joints, intervertebral discs, neurovascular structures) are prone to stressors, each these, alone in combination, can contribute low pain. Due numerous factors related...

Low Bock Pain is a very common condition; as about 80% of people experience it throughout their life. Low Back Pain has negative effects on different aspects of the clients’ lives. The objective of the research is conducted to evaluate the effect of acupressure on Low Back Pain and decline amount medication. Ninety patients were selected by convenience sampling and then randomly divided into th...

OBJECTIVE This study aimed to investigate prevalence, characteristics, perceived predisposing factors and mode of treatment sought for back pain among school-aged adolescents in Nigeria. SUBJECTS AND METHODS A self-administered questionnaire employed in this cross-sectional study was distributed to 4,400 students [mean age 15.0 ± 1.7 years (range 10-19)] from 44 randomly selected schools. R...