Back Pain - Sciatica

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Back Pain and Sciatica

General Information

NEWS:

Finally, Back to Health

ARTICLES:

Back Pain in Children

Handout on Health: Back Pain

NGC - Adult low back pain. (2004)

NGC - Adult low back pain. (2005)

NGC - Lower back (lumbar & thoracic). (2004)

Subgroups Within "Nonspecific" Low Back Pain

The myth of short term acute low back pain

JOURNAL ARTICLES:

An assessment of back pain and the prevalence of sacroiliitis in sarcoidosis. (Chest. 2005)

Back belt use for prevention of occupational low back pain: A systematic review (Journal of Manipulative and Physiological Therapeutics 2005)

Back pain reporting in young girls appears to be puberty-related (BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2005)

Childhood and Early Adult Predictors of Risk of Incident Back Pain: Ontario Child Health Study 2001 Follow-up. (Am J Epidemiol. 2005)

[Chronic back pain in the general population in Germany 2002/2003: prevalence and highly affected population groups.] (Gesundheitswesen. 2005)

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

Clinical course and prognostic factors in acute low back pain: patients consulting primary care for the first time. (Spine. 2005)

Discogenic pain in acute nonspecific low-back pain. (Eur Spine J. 2005)

Epidemiological differences between back pain of sudden and gradual onset. (J Rheumatol. 2005)

Epidemiology of back disorders: prevalence, risk factors, and prognosis. (Curr Opin Rheumatol. 2005)

Fear of Movement/(Re)injury in Chronic Low Back Pain: Education or Exposure In Vivo as Mediator to Fear Reduction? (Clinical Journal of Pain 2005)

Low back pain on passive straight leg raising: the anterior theca as a source of pain. (Spine. 2005)

Lumbar Disc Herniation: Evaluation of Information on the Internet. (Spine. 2005)

More data on major depression as an antecedent risk factor for first onset of chronic back pain. (Psychol Med. 2005)

Origin of lumbar spinal roots and their relationship to intervertebral discs: A CADAVER AND RADIOLOGICAL STUDY. (J Bone Joint Surg Br. 2005)

Pain and high sensitivity C reactive protein in patients with chronic low back pain and acute sciatic pain. (Ann Rheum Dis. 2005)

Pathophysiology of disk-related sciatica. I.-Evidence supporting a chemical component. (Joint Bone Spine. 2005)

Quality of life in chronic pain is more associated with beliefs about pain, than with pain intensity. (Eur J Pain. 2005)

The epidemiology of low back pain in primary care. (Chiropr Osteopat. 2005)

The pathogenesis of discogenic low back pain. (J Bone Joint Surg Br. 2005)

Three-year incidence of low back pain in an initially asymptomatic cohort: clinical and imaging risk factors. (Spine. 2005)

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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