Tag: Non-specific Low Back Pain
Diagnosis of Spinal Pain – Research Evidence
For this post I wanted to continue the trend of posts regarding the usefulness of clinical tests to diagnose specific “structural” dysfunctions. The previous post being about the hip, this post being about “spinal” clinical tests. How useful are our clinical tests in the diagnosis of spinal pain? I think the article by Cook and […]
Classification of Back and Neck Pain – Research Evidence
There appears to be numerous methods in the attempt at Classification of Back and Neck Pain. The purpose of this post is to summarise some of the more common classification systems. In addition to this I have also included some references that debate the merits of classifying pain states. Spine Pain Classification Shah (2012) Moral […]
Physiotherapy Treatment of Lower Back Pain – Research Evidence
Another Research Evidence post. This time in regards to Physiotherapy Treatment of Lower Back Pain. Once again I have tried to compile some of the most recent systematic reviews in regards to this topic. The point of this post, and all of the other Research Evidence posts, being to guide us in the management of […]
Non-Specific Low Back Pain
I thought that this Review article, by Balague et al (2012), was a wonderful outline of where we are at with regards to Non-Specific Low Back Pain. I would recommend those interested read the article in detail as obviously the vast majority of information below is cited by the authors. General Summary: The lifetime prevalence […]
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