PURPOSE Complaints from spinal cord injury (SCI) patients are typically related to physical disability affecting activities of daily life. However, difficulties with voiding and defecation and/or sexual function can also be major concerns. The general population and even physicians are generally unaware of these complaints; therefore, this study focuses on surveying SCI patients regarding chall...

OBJECTIVES To investigate the prevalence of work-related musculoskeletal disorders amongst dentists who work in public clinics in São Paulo, Brazil, to investigate their awareness of the presence of risk factors in the workplace, disability due to pain, and the influence of pain on this awareness and disability. MATERIAL AND METHODS A cross-sectional study was conducted among 204 dentists who...

BACKGROUND Although the number of elderly people needing care is increasing rapidly in the home setting in Japan, family size and ability to provide such support are declining. The purpose of this study was to identify the risk factors of functional disability by household composition among community-dwelling elderly people. METHODS A total of 1347 elderly people aged 70 years and over partic...

OBJECTIVE To examine the influence of determinants on the Shoulder Pain and Disability Index. DESIGN A cross-sectional study. Baseline registrations were applied. PATIENTS Two hundred patients with subacromial shoulder pain lasting at least 3 months. METHODS A questionnaire consisting of possible determinants, 2 independent variables regarding pain and 2 regarding function, and the outcom...

BACKGROUND Low Back Pain (LBP) is one of the most prevalent causes of disability not only in the general population but also in athletes. Despite a large number of self-reported back specific disability questionnaires, there is no specific, well documented, outcome measure for athletes suffering from back pain. OBJECTIVES This study aimed to identify the main descriptive themes representing f...

BACKGROUND Although previous studies have investigated beliefs about back pain in clinical and employed populations, there is a paucity of data examining the beliefs of the broader community. We aimed to characterize the beliefs that community-dwelling women have about back pain and its consequences, and to determine whether those with varying levels of pain intensity and disability differ in t...

OBJECTIVE To compare health-related quality of life (HR-QOL), employment and disability of primary and secondary SS (pSS and sSS, respectively) patients with the general Dutch population. METHODS HR-QOL, employment and disability were assessed in SS patients regularly attending the University Medical Center Groningen (n = 235). HR-QOL, employment and disability were evaluated with the Short F...