Neuroscience
Could electrode 'pulses' cut back, leg pain without drugs?
A new approach to spinal cord stimulation may drastically reduce chronic back pain, a small pilot study suggests.
Aug 26, 2021
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News tagged with low back pain
Obstetrics & gynaecology
Online, video-based exercise program can help with postpartum abdominal bulge and back pain
A study at Hospital for Special Surgery (HSS) finds that an online, video-based core exercise program can help with a condition many women experience after childbirth. Diastasis rectus abdominis (DRA), also known as diastasis ...
Aug 24, 2021
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Sports medicine & Kinesiology
Study finds lifting advice doesn't stand up for everyone
Commonly accepted advice to keep a straight back and squat while lifting in order to avoid back pain has been challenged by new Curtin University research.
Jul 21, 2021
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Neuroscience
Muscle relaxants largely ineffective for low back pain
Muscle relaxant drugs are largely ineffective for low back pain, despite being widely prescribed for this condition, suggests an analysis of the latest evidence published by The BMJ today.
Jul 7, 2021
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Neuroscience
Which exercise regimen works best to ease lower back pain?
Chronic lower back pain can make the most routine tasks difficult. But a new study suggests patients can learn new, practical and less painful ways to move through individualized "motor skills training," or MST.
Dec 31, 2020
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Health
Exercise for low back pain beneficial but no one agrees on why
A new UNSW evidence review has found there is still no consensus between researchers about why exercise works for low back pain patients—despite decades of studies on the topic.
Dec 17, 2020
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Medical economics
Global need high for rehabilitation services
(HealthDay)—Globally, 2.41 billion individuals were identified as having conditions that would benefit from rehabilitation in 2019, representing an increase of 63 percent from 1990, according to a study published online ...
Dec 7, 2020
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Arthritis & Rheumatism
Analysis reveals high burden of musculoskeletal disorders across the globe
Musculoskeletal disorders—which affect muscles, tendons, ligaments, bones, and joints—can severely affect individuals' physical and mental health, and they're especially prevalent among aging adults. Although many researchers ...
Nov 5, 2020
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Medications
New developments for the treatment of muscle spasticity after stroke and nervous system defects
Chronic muscle spasticity after nervous system defects like stroke, traumatic brain and spinal cord injury, multiple sclerosis and painful low back pain affect more than 10% of the population, with a socioeconomic cost of ...
Oct 16, 2020
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Sports medicine & Kinesiology
Study finds athletes fear being judged as weak when they experience pain or injury
Trinity researchers have undertaken the first multi-centered, international, qualitative study exploring the athlete experience (in their own words) of sporting low back pain (LBP).
Oct 15, 2020
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