Tag: Non-Specific Chronic Low Back Pain
Neurological Examination for Radiculopathy
I found this recent article regarding neurological examination for radiculopathy interesting. Al Nezari et al (2013) conducted a systematic review and meta-analysis of the literature investigating the diagnostic accuracy of the neurological examination to detect lumbar disc herniation with suspected radiculopathy. The authors found 14 studies that investigated three standard neurological examination components (sensory, motor, and reflexes) […]
Treatment of Chronic Pain?
Hopefully anyone seeing the title of this post will not be clicking on it thinking that I have the answers to chronic pain……please note the maze in the cover image and the question mark at the end of the title! Lets be honest, the outcomes that chronic pain patients are achieving, via all forms of […]
MRI Findings in Low Back Pain
Hopefully we are all familiar with the current view that most lower back pain is “non-specific” in nature. What this means is that there is no obvious finding on imaging (MRI etc) that can explain a cause of the patients pain. But what is some of evidence base in relation to MRI findings in low […]
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 […]
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