background patients who have shoulder pain usually have compensatory or contributory deviation of shoulder motion during arm elevation. in the traditional scapulohumeral rhythm, the share of the acromioclavicular (ac) and the sternoclavicular (sc) joint movements and also the role of ac internal rotation angle are unknown. objectives the main purpose of this study was to measure and compare the...

Study Design Clinical pilot study. Purpose To objectively evaluate the compliance rate of lumbar-support use in patients with chronic nonspecific low back pain, as well as to assess low back pain intensity, disability, and fear-avoidance beliefs. Overview of Literature Wearing time is an important factor in the assessment of the efficacy of lumbar-support use in patients with chronic nonspe...

AIMS To evaluate the psychometric properties of the Research Diagnostic Criteria for Temporomandibular Disorders (RDC/TMD) biobehavioral (Axis II) screening instruments. METHODS Participants with Axis I TMD diagnoses (n = 626) completed the Axis II instruments (Depression, Nonspecific Physical Symptoms, Graded Chronic Pain) and other instruments assessing psychological distress, pain, and dis...

A hallmark feature of chronic pain is its ability to impact other sensory and affective experiences. It is notably associated with hypersensitivity at the site of tissue injury. It is less clear, however, if chronic pain can also induce a generalized site-nonspecific enhancement in the aversive response to nociceptive inputs. Here, we showed that chronic pain in one limb in rats increased the a...

Low back pain (LBP) is one of the most common reasons for a neurologist visit. In 90–95% cases, LBP nonspecific (musculoskeletal). The diagnosis based on symptoms, somatic and neurological examination data, absence «red flags» (symptoms signs characteristic specific causes pain, discogenic radiculopathy, or lumbar stenosis). We review modern principles acute, subacute, chronic treatment. also d...

Median arcuate ligament syndrome is a rare disorder that is clinically characterized by the triad of postprandial abdominal pain, weight loss, and often an abdominal bruit due to compression of the celiac artery by the median arcuate ligament. Given the nonspecific symptoms, this is a rare and difficult diagnosis to obtain. We present a patient with nonspecific abdominal pain in whom etiology w...

Background: Nonspecific Low Back Pain among the adolescent girls is due to underlying predisposing factors like postural errors, lack of physical exercise in which Hamstrings tightness a key contributing factor.
 Methodology: The research was experimental nature. subjects selected through purposive sampling. 60 female collegiate and divided into 3 groups. Group A include 20 given conventio...

BACKGROUND Nonspecific shoulder pain has a high prevalence in older adults and causes functional alterations. Furthermore, there are difficulties in establishing a clinical diagnosis, effective treatments are lacking, and little evidence has been found regarding the use of invasive physical therapy techniques in this age group. PURPOSE To determine the efficacy of a single physical therapy in...

OBJECTIVES The aim of this study was to determine whether visualization of the back influenced parameters of movement-related pain in people with chronic nonspecific low back pain. METHODS We used a randomized cross-over experiment in which 25 participants performed repeated lumbar spine movements under 2 conditions. In the visual feedback condition, patients were able to visualize their back...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE The purpose of this randomized controlled trial was to examine the usefulness of the addition of specific stabilization exercises to a general back and abdominal muscle exercise approach for patients with subacute or chronic nonspecific back pain by comparing a specific muscle stabilization-enhanced general exercise approach with a general exercise-only approach. SUBJEC...