conclusions in this study, we found that in spite of previous beliefs, discopathies were not common etiologies of lbp. thus, even in patients with proven ldh by imaging studies, the physician should perform a thorough evaluation for other causes of lbp to avoid unnecessary lumbar surgeries. results in our study, among 1250 patients with proven ldh by mri, 500 patients (40%) had chronic lbp and ...

background: sport and exercise therapy can be used for low back pain's prevention. this research was aimed to evaluate the level of functional disability, pain intensity difference between the two groups of patients with chronic low back pain.   methods: this study was a cross-sectional-applied research conducted from december 2015 to march 2016 on the employed (n=50) and no employee peopl...

purpose many factors such as lumbar instability and spinopelvic alignment are associated with low back pain. our purpose was to analyze the pelvic incidence - one of spinopelvic alignment parameters- and spine instability correlations in patients with chronic low back pain. methods fifty-two patients suffering from chronic low back pain entered this case control study. lateral spine radiography...

background: chronic low back pain (clbp) is an important occupational injury. musculoskeletal injuries, especially clbp, are prevalent in the nurses, and can lead to reduced productivity, work absenteeism, and work disability.   the purpose of this study was to determine nurses' knowledge of the risk factors of low back pain (lbp) and their self-efficacy in coping with the risk factors, an...

background: there is ample evidence supporting the effectiveness of exercise in management of chronic low back pain. recently, there has been a growing interest in pilates exercise among researchers and other professionals involved in this subject. the purpose of this study was to evaluate the effects of pilates exercise on chronic low back pain. material and methods: twenty-eight patients with...

Objective-To document the incidence of low back pain and other overuse injuries in a group oftriathletes, and to investigate any associations with various physical and triathlon related factors. Methods-By means ofa questionnaire, the physical characteristics, training habits, and the incidences of overuse injuries of 92 Japanese triathletes (70 males, 22 females) were documented. Student's t a...

OBJECTIVE The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of various types of exercise for prevention and cure of nonspecific neck pain in office workers. METHODS Publications between 1980 and April 2010 were systematically searched in various databases (PubMed, CINAHL Plus with full text, The Cochrane Library, Science Direct, PEDro, ProQuest, PsycNet, and Scopus). The following k...

BACKGROUND Prevalence of musculoskeletal pain among adolescents is high, and pain in adolescence increases the risk of chronic pain in adulthood. Studies have shown conflicting evidence regarding associations between physical activity and musculoskeletal pain, and few have evaluated the potential impact of sport participation on musculoskeletal pain in adolescent population samples. PURPOSE T...