Health
Low back pain world's highest contributor to disability, study finds
(Medical Xpress)—Low back pain is the highest contributor to disability in the world, according to a pivotal international study released today.
Dec 14, 2012
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News tagged with low back pain
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Yoga eases back pain in largest US study to date
Yoga classes were linked to better back-related function and diminished symptoms from chronic low back pain in the largest U.S. randomized controlled trial of yoga to date, published by the Archives of Internal Medicine as ...
Oct 24, 2011
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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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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 07, 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 05, 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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Neuroscience
How mental math helps a lower back
Nearly everyone is familiar with the feeling of struggling through math problems. Now, researchers are figuring out how to get people with back pain to move more like people without it—using the diversion of mental math.
Jul 24, 2020
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Factors maximize impact of yoga, physical therapy on back pain in underserved population
New research shows that people with chronic low back pain (cLBP) have better results from yoga and physical therapy compared to reading evidence-based self-help materials. While this finding was consistent across many patient ...
Jul 14, 2020
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