Fear of Falling Predicts Incidence of Functional Disability 2 Years Later: A Perspective From an International Cohort StudyFOF is associated with a higher risk of incident mobility disability and poor physical performance in a cohort of older adults. It is…
Understanding sciatica: illness and treatment beliefs in a lumbar radicular pain population. A qualitative interview study“Clinicians should to consider providing broader explanations for LRP pathology that include inflammatory and neuropathic pain mechanisms (which appeared to be lacking). Clinicians should take…
Access to Chiropractic Care and the Cost of Spine Conditions Among Older AdultsThere are approximately 45,000 active chiropractors in the United States, and local accessibility varies considerably. A negative dose–response relationship was observed for spine-related spending on medical evaluation and…
Neurotransmitter systems involved in placebo and nocebo effects in healthy participants and patients with chronic pain“In healthy participants, the endogenous opioid, endocannabinoid and vasopressinergic systems were involved in placebo effects, whereas findings on the dopaminergic and oxytocinergic systems were mixed.…
Persistent lumbar radicular and low back pain; impact of genetic variability versus emotional distress” Hence, MMP9 rs17576 and emotional distress independently seem to predict persistent back pain. The predictive effect of OPRM1 rs179971 with regard to the same outcome is…
The association between the weight of schoolbags and low back pain among schoolchildren: A systematic review, meta‐analysis and individual patient data meta‐analysisThis systematic review, with a meta‐analysis and an IPD meta‐analysis, failed to find a link between schoolbags weighing ≥…
Understanding patient profiles and characteristics of current chiropractic practice: a cross-sectional Ontario Chiropractic Observation and Analysis STudy (O-COAST) Chiropractors provided data on 3523 chiropractor-patient encounters. More than 65% of participating chiropractors were male, mean age 44 years and had practised…
Association Between Flexibility and Low Back Pain in Female Adolescent Gymnasts.“Low back pain is more common in gymnasts who experienced menarche, whereas limited joint flexibility does not seem to be associated with LBP in this population.” #science #chiropractor #chiropractic #research…
Molecular Mechanisms of Intervertebral Disc Degeneration” Our current under-standing of the molecular mechanisms through which intervertebral disc degeneration occurs provides us with abundant in-sight into how physical and chemical changes exacerbate the degenerative process of the entire spine. Furthermore, we…
Electronic measures of movement impairment, repositioning, and posture in people with and without neck pain—a systematic review“People with neck pain appear to have reduced active RoM, movement speed, and head repositioning accuracy when compared with controls. However, quality of reviewed…