Back Pain News From Medical News Today
Fri, 12 Mar 2010 22:11:13 +0100
Breakthroughs In Treatment Of Spine And Back Conditions
Approximately 21 million visits were made to physicians' offices due to back problems in 2006. While countless adults experience back pain and stiffness, many suffer from serious spine and back conditions - including injury, herniated discs and the deterioration of the vertebrae...
Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:00:00 PST
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy: Beneficial And Low Cost Treatment For Back Pain
An article published in this week's issue of The Lancet reports that group cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) can reduce low-back pain at a low cost to the health-care provider. Furthermore, one year after the start of treatment, the improvement was sustained. Ranked as one of the top three most disabling conditions in the developed World, persistent low-back pain is increasingly common...
Fri, 26 Feb 2010 00:00:00 PST
Multi-Center Data In A Large Series Of Patients Show Vertebroplasty Provides Dramatic And Lasting Pain Relief For Vertebral Compression Fractures
The results of a study of more than 4500 patients from six Italian EVEREST (European Vertebroplasty Research Team) Centers (Dr. G.C. Anselmetti-Candiolo Torino, Dr. G. Bonaldi-Bergamo, Dr. P. Carpeggiani-Pisa, Dr. S. Masala-Roma, Dr. M...
Thu, 18 Feb 2010 02:00:00 PST
Is Your Back Pain Caused By Herniated Disc? Single Test Can't Tell
While lower back pain ranks as a common cause of disability in the United States, determining what causes a person's back pain is often challenging. A new Cochrane review on diagnosing back pain finds that no single diagnostic test is good at discriminating between patients who have a herniated disc and patients who do not, according to lead author Danielle van der Windt...
Thu, 18 Feb 2010 01:00:00 PST
Behavioral Therapy Improves Sleep And Lives Of Patients With Pain
Cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia significantly improved sleep for patients with chronic neck or back pain and also reduced the extent to which pain interfered with their daily functioning, according to a study by University of Rochester Medical Center researchers...
Sat, 13 Feb 2010 00:00:00 PST
Usual Care Often Not Consistent With Clinical Guidelines For Low Back Pain
Australian general practitioners often treat patients with low back pain in a manner that does not appear to match the care endorsed by international clinical guidelines, according to a report in the February 8 issue of Archives of Internal Medicine, one of the JAMA/Archives journals...
Tue, 09 Feb 2010 01:00:00 PST
Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery And Spinal Cord Stimulation Show Promise In Alleviating Back Pain
Results from the first prospective study of minimally invasive facet arthrodesis and long-term data on spinal cord stimulation demonstrate the viability of these options to achieve pain relief in patients with various back pain conditions. The studies were presented at the American Academy of Pain Medicine's 26th Annual Meeting in San Antonio, TX...
Fri, 05 Feb 2010 02:00:00 PST
SOMA 250 MG Shown To Significantly Improve Functionality And Reduce Disability In Patients With Low Back Pain In Three Days
A recent analysis of two pivotal clinical trials in patients with acute low back pain (ALBP) who were treated with SOMA® (carisoprodol) 250 mg showed significantly improved functionality and reduced disability after three days of treatment, as measured by the Roland-Morris Disability Questionnaire (RMDQ)...
Thu, 04 Feb 2010 02:00:00 PST
Cymbalta(R) Significantly Reduced Chronic Low Back Pain In New Study
In a new study, 60 mg of Cymbalta(R) (duloxetine HCl) taken once daily significantly reduced chronic low back pain, as measured by the Brief Pain Inventory (BPI) average pain rating, compared with placebo.(1) The data were presented at the annual meeting of the American Academy of Pain Medicine (AAPM) in San Antonio, Texas...
Thu, 04 Feb 2010 02:00:00 PST
Heavy Backpacks Affect Children's Spines
Heavy backpacks place a measurable strain on the spines of children, with heavier loads causing greater spinal strain and increased back pain, reports a study in the January 1 issue of Spine...
Thu, 28 Jan 2010 03:00:00 PST
|
