Professor Pierre Côté, Dr Richard Brown and Professor Margareta Nordin, all members of the WFC Disability and Rehabilitation Committee, have been at WHO Headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland today meeting with senior WHO officers about the management of spine pain and…
The findings suggest that MBTs are associated with moderate improvements in pain and small reductions in opioid dose and may be associated with therapeutic benefits for opioid-related problems, such as opioid craving and misuse. Future studies should carefully quantify opioid…
There is low-quality evidence that KT has a beneficial role in pain reduction and disability improvement for patients with CNLBP. More high-quality studies are required to confirm the effects of KT on CNLBP. Short-Term Effect of Kinesiotaping on Chronic Nonspecific…
Stiffness of the erector spinae and lumbar multifidus at rest (but not during contraction) was greater in participants with LBP than in asymptomatic controls (p < 0.05). Many of the self-report measures, but none of the physical examination findings were…
The findings of this systematic review suggest that craniocervical positioning may not alter blood flow as much as previously expected. Effects of Head and Neck Positions on Blood Flow in the Vertebral, Internal Carotid, and Intracranial Arteries: A Systematic Review…
“In covariate-adjusted linear regression models for total hip, femoral neck, spine and whole body BMD, women sleeping 5 hours or less per night had BMD values that were approximately 0.015, 0.012, 0.018, and 0.018 g/cm2 lower compared with women who…
” CPMP is a disabling condition for which several interventions exist. To our knowledge, this is the first network meta-analysis to systematically compare all available evidence. This is required by national health institutions to inform their decisions about the best…
Musculoskeletal pain conditions incur high costs and produce significant personal and public health consequences, including disability and opioid-related mortality. Persistence of high-cost health care utilization for musculoskeletal pain may help identify system inefficiencies that could limit value of care. The…
Please see below for information on a delphi study for creating a treatment pathway for lumbar spinal stenosis that we’re hoping that members will consider participating in. This is a large international, multidisciplinary study where team members include me, Andre…
One of the more interesting research projects to come along. Please help us support Maria Laoudikou‘s project which is investigating chiropractic care for patients with a cancer diagnosis. Although we all know that conservative care cannot “cure” this condition, it’s…