STUDY DESIGN A prospective, population-based, birth cohort study. OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to identify whether there is any hidden burden of disease associated with smaller spinal curves. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA Adolescent idiopathic scoliosis is present in 3% to 5% of the general population. Large curves are associated with increased pain and reduced quality of life. However,...

Leucoderma syphiliticum (LS), originally described as syphilide pigmentaire, encompasses a spectrum of dyschromic lesions that emerge during the course of secondary syphilis. Very few case reports are available in modern biomedical databases. We present the case of a 57-year-old HIV-infected male patient who presented with several round to oval, non-scaling, slightly raised and well-demarcated ...

1Department of Community Medicine, Faculty of Medicine; 2Students’ University Hospital, University of Mansoura, Mansoura, Egypt (Correspondence to A-H. El-Gilany: [email protected]). Received: 21/04/03; accepted: 23/03/04 ABSTRACT To examine the prevalence, determinants, impact and treatment practices of dysmenorrhoea, we studied 664 female students in secondary schools in urban and rural ar...

OBJECTIVES Education on occupational health and safety (OHS) is not a compulsory part of the curriculum of general secondary schools (GSSs) in many countries. Adolescence is a formative period. Mainstreaming education in OHS into GSSs is necessary in order to initiate in students a risk prevention culture. We explored the feasibility of using a photo competition (PC) concerning health protectio...

QUESTION Is there an association between Caesarean section and back pain over the longer term? DESIGN Secondary analysis of data from the Australian Longitudinal Study on Women's Health. PARTICIPANTS The mid-aged cohort of women within the Australian Longitudinal Study on Women's Health aged 54 to 59 years (n = 9146). OUTCOME MEASURES Data were included from women who answered the questio...

BACKGROUND Osteopathic manipulative treatment (OMT) and ultrasound physical therapy (UPT) are commonly used for chronic low back pain. Although there is evidence from a systematic review and meta-analysis that OMT generally reduces low back pain, there are no large clinical trials that specifically assess OMT efficacy in chronic low back pain. Similarly, there is a lack of evidence involving UP...