Back Pain - Sciatica

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Back Pain and Sciatica

General Information

NEWS:

Psychological factors may be root of back pain, say Stanford researchers

The Great Back Debate

Why Back Pain Plagues Women

ARTICLES:

An Expert Interview With Dr. John Sarno, Part I: Back Pain Is a State of Mind

Back Pain

Chronic back pain: searching for causes and cures.

NGC-Adult low back pain.

Ruptured Disc - video

Sciatica

Sciatica

Sciatica: A Historical Perspective on Early Views of a Distinct Medical Syndrome

JOURNAL ARTICLES:

Chronic back pain and major depression in the general Canadian population (Pain)

Chronic Back Pain Is Associated with Decreased Prefrontal and Thalamic Gray Matter Density (The Journal of Neuroscience)

Chronic pain patients are impaired on an emotional decision-making task. (Pain)

[Chronic widespread pain and tender points in low back pain: a population-based study] (Z Rheumatol)

[Diagnostics and minimally invasive therapy for chronic low back pain] (Schmerz)

[Does unspecific low back pain really exist?] (Z Orthop Ihre Grenzgeb)

Etiology of low back pain in athletes. (Curr Sports Med Rep)

[Is sciatica neuropathic?The mixed pain concept] (Orthopade)

Long-term follow-up of patients with low back pain attending for manipulative care: outcomes and predictors. (Man Ther)

Low back pain (BMJ)

Low back pain in Australian adults: prevalence and associated disability. (J Manipulative Physiol Ther)

[Low back pain - from symptom to chronic disease] (Z Orthop Ihre Grenzgeb)

Low-Back Pain in Athletes (The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery)

Natural history and prognostic indicators of sciatica. (J Clin Epidemiol)

Persistence and change in nonspecific low back pain among adolescents: a 3-year prospective study. (Spine)

Population based intervention to change back pain beliefs: three year follow up population survey. (BMJ)

Prevalence and factors associated with fibromyalgia in Mexican patients with systemic lupus erythematosus. (Lupus)

Prognosis and quality of life in patients with acute low back pain: insights from a comprehensive inception cohort study. (Arthritis Rheum)

Radiographic Features of Lumbar Disc Degeneration and Self-Reported Back Pain (Journal of Rheumatology)

Returning athletes with severe low back pain and spondylolysis to original sporting activities with conservative treatment. (Scand J Med Sci Sports)

Return-to-work status 1 year after muscle reconditioning in chronic low back pain patients. (Joint Bone Spine)

Spinal manipulative therapy for low back pain. (Cochrane Database Syst Rev)

Symptomatic spondylolysis: diagnosis and treatment. (Curr Opin Pediatr)

Variation in back pain between countries: the example of Britain and Germany. (Spine)

INTERNET SITES:

NIH-Back Pain

NIH-Back Pain Resources

NIH-Back Pain Tutorial

NIH-Low Back Pain Fact Sheet

NIH-Medical Encyclopedia Back pain - low

NIH-Medical Encyclopedia Nonspecific back pain

NIH-Medical Encyclopedia Numbness and tingling

NIH-Medical Encyclopedia Sciatica

NIH-NCCAM About Chiropractic and Its Use in Treating Low-Back Pain

NIH-NINDS Back Pain Information Page

NIH-NINDS Chronic Pain Information Page

NIH-Sciatica

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