Patients’ Perceived Needs of Health Care Providers for Low Back Pain Management: A Systematic Scoping Review Patients with LBP want patient-centered care, to be actively involved, and they have identified characteristics of HCP that foster a good provider-patient relationship. They…
Lumbar Paraspinal Muscle Fat Infiltration Is Independently Associated With Sex, Age, and Inter-Vertebral Disc Degeneration in Symptomatic Patients Sex, age, and IDD are independently associated with paraspinal muscles FSF; only sex and age influence psoas FSF. #science #chiropractor #chiropractic #research…
Leadership and capacity building in international chiropractic research: introducing the chiropractic academy for research leadership (CARL) The long-term aim of CARL is to develop the essential leadership skills and experiences to take on senior CARL mentorship appointments and help secure…
Review: Beyond Conventional Therapies: Complementary and Alternative Medicine in the Management of Hypertension: An Evidence-Based Review Results from this review suggest that certain non-conventional therapies may be effective in treating hypertension and improving cardiac function and therefore considered as part…
Persistent and Developing Sleep Problems: A Prospective Cohort Study on the Relationship to Poor Outcome in Patients Attending a Pain Clinic With Chronic Low Back Pain Those with resolving sleep problems (ie, sleep problems present at baseline but not at…
Does the Application Site of Spinal Manipulative Therapy Alter Spinal Tissues Loading? Applying SMT with a constant force at different spinal levels creates different relative kinetics of the spinal segments and load spinal tissues in significantly different magnitudes. #science #chiropractor…
Fusion or Not for Degenerative Lumbar Spinal Stenosis: A Meta-Analysis and Systematic Review The present meta-analysis is the first to compare the efficacy of decompression alone and spinal fusion for the treatment of DLSS, including 5 RCTs. Our results demonstrate…
Opioids for Chronic Noncancer PainA Systematic Review and Meta-analysis In this meta-analysis of RCTs of patients with chronic noncancer pain, evidence from high-quality studies showed that opioid use was associated with statistically significant but small improvements in pain and physical…
Knowledge translation: revolution or revelation? The ECU Convention 2018 brought a new concept in these short ‘TED’ Talk formats with short lectures. This is Jørgen Jevne talking about knowledge translation. #science #chiropractor #chiropractic #research #education #evidence based #patient centered #interprofessional…
The Hidden Impact of Musculoskeletal Disorders on the Americans. Continuing with the current status quo means accepting a steadily increasing toll of musculoskeletal disorders as the population grows and ages—a toll measured in healthcare costs, pain, disability, and lost productivity.Instead,…