Back Pain

Back pain is a very common problem affecting almost all individuals at some point in their lives. Back pain most commonly affects the lower back although it can be felt anywhere along the spine.

What Causes Back Pain?

Because of this complex structure it is difficult to pinpoint the exact cause of the pain. In most cases the pain is not caused by serious damage or disease but by sprains, minor strains, minor injuries or an irritated nerve ending

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What is Degenerative Disc Disease?

Latest Back Pain News and Research

A proprioceptive control strategy for management of low back pain

Low back pain in the elderly is the result of poor “proprioception,” or the body’s ability to perceive its own position in space, caused by a deterioration of sensory receptors in their muscles called proprioceptors.

7 Apr 2021

Study compares performance of open-label placebo to blinded placebo in IBS patients

For decades, the power of the placebo effect was thought to lie in patients' belief that they were -- or at least, could be -- receiving a pharmacologically active treatment.

30 Mar 2021

Antidepressants provide no important benefits for managing low back pain

A new systematic review led by UNSW Sydney has found that treating low back pain with antidepressant medicines provides no important benefits and has the potential to cause harm.

8 Mar 2021

‘I wanted to go in there and help’: Nursing schools see enrollment bump amid pandemic

Last December, Mirande Gross graduated from Bellarmine University in Louisville, Kentucky, with a bachelor's degree in communications.

18 Feb 2021

Physical comorbidity is associated with high psychological distress

Among patients with cancer, having additional physical comorbidities was linked with a higher risk of experiencing psychological distress. The finding comes from a Psycho-Oncology analysis of 2017 data from the National Health Survey of Spain.

18 Feb 2021

Study highlights promising opportunities that may reduce wasteful health care spending

Spending on low-value health care among fee-for-service Medicare recipients dropped only marginally from 2014 to 2018, despite both a national campaign to better educate clinicians and increasing use of payment revisions that discourage wasteful care, according to a new RAND Corporation study.

17 Feb 2021

New process separates beneficial glucocorticoids from unwanted side-effects

A collaboration led by Scripps Research has developed a way to separate the beneficial anti-inflammatory properties of a group of steroids called glucocorticoids from some of their unwanted side-effects, through an optimization process they named "ligand class analysis."

3 Feb 2021

Women are less likely to undergo CABG, may experience worse outcomes after surgery

Women are significantly less likely than men to undergo coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) using guideline-recommended approaches, which may result in worse outcomes after surgery, according to a scientific presentation at the 57th Annual Meeting of The Society of Thoracic Surgeons.

31 Jan 2021

Study shows antidepressant drugs are largely ineffective for back and osteoarthritis pain

Antidepressant drugs are largely ineffective for back and osteoarthritis pain, despite being widely used for these conditions, suggests a review of the evidence published by The BMJ today.

20 Jan 2021

Antidepressants are not effective for treating back pain, osteoarthritis, shows study

Antidepressants are commonly used worldwide to treat pain, however new research from the University of Sydney shows they offer little to no help for people suffering chronic back pain and osteoarthritis and may even cause harm.

20 Jan 2021

Metabolites may be predictive indicators of patients at risk for recurrent major depression

Researchers at University of California San Diego School of Medicine, in collaboration with Dutch scientists, have found that certain metabolites -; small molecules produced by the process of metabolism -; may be predictive indicators for persons at risk for recurrent major depressive disorder.

12 Jan 2021

Long-term opioid use cannot treat chronic pain, has serious health consequences

A broken heart is often harder to heal than a broken leg. Now researchers say that a broken heart can contribute to lasting chronic pain.

22 Dec 2020

Review finds no consensus between researchers about why exercise works for chronic low back pain

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.

18 Dec 2020

Study shows high prevalence of back pain in patients undergoing neuroendovascular procedures

Multiple studies have evaluated the incidence of back pain among patients who undergo catheter-based heart procedures while conscious.

17 Dec 2020

No added risks to radiation therapy for cancer patients with COVID-19, says study

A team of radiation oncologists at the Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell in the United States aimed to determine if COVID-19 infected cancer patients receiving radiation therapy (RT) have any different outcome than non-infected patients.

17 Dec 2020

Researchers investigate whether tailored online exercise benefits ‘long Covid’ patients

Researchers at the University of Warwick and University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust are to investigate whether a tailored online exercise and support programme would benefit those experiencing long-term symptoms of Covid-19 - what has been dubbed 'long Covid'.

11 Dec 2020

Researchers share key solutions related to challenges faced by businesses during COVID-19

Researchers share important information and solutions related to the challenges facing human resources and system managers in a special issue of Human Systems Management

8 Dec 2020

A review of Traditional Chinese herbal medicine in management of COVID-19

Now researcher have summarized the experiences with the use of traditional Chinese herbal medicines for the management of COVID-19. Their study titled, “Traditional Chinese herbal medicine at the forefront battle against COVID-19: Clinical experience and scientific basis,” was published in the January 2021 issue of the journal Phytomedicine.

24 Nov 2020

Experts highlight latest advancements in neurogenic classification and pain management

There have been significant advances in knowledge regarding the pathology, etiology, assessment, and treatment of several significant neurogenic pain disorders regularly encountered by neurorehabilitation professionals in both inpatient and outpatient care.

18 Nov 2020

AI enables accurate detection of radiographic sacroiliitis in people with axial spondyloarthritis

New research presented at ACR Convergence, the American College of Rheumatology's annual meeting, shows that an artificial intelligence-based analysis model, called an artificial neural network, enables accurate detection of definite radiographic sacroiliitis in people with axial spondyloarthritis, an advance that could be useful for both diagnosis in the clinic and classification of patients for inclusion in clinical trials.

6 Nov 2020

Back Pain

Overview

What is Back Pain?

Back Pain in Pregnancy

Back Pain Research

Feature Articles

Back Pain Treatment

Lower Back Pain Management

Living with Lower Back Pain

Causes of Lower Back Pain

What is Degenerative Disc Disease?

Latest Back Pain News and Research

A proprioceptive control strategy for management of low back pain

Study compares performance of open-label placebo to blinded placebo in IBS patients

Antidepressants provide no important benefits for managing low back pain

‘I wanted to go in there and help’: Nursing schools see enrollment bump amid pandemic

Physical comorbidity is associated with high psychological distress

Study highlights promising opportunities that may reduce wasteful health care spending

New process separates beneficial glucocorticoids from unwanted side-effects

Women are less likely to undergo CABG, may experience worse outcomes after surgery

Study shows antidepressant drugs are largely ineffective for back and osteoarthritis pain

Antidepressants are not effective for treating back pain, osteoarthritis, shows study

Metabolites may be predictive indicators of patients at risk for recurrent major depression

Long-term opioid use cannot treat chronic pain, has serious health consequences

Review finds no consensus between researchers about why exercise works for chronic low back pain

Study shows high prevalence of back pain in patients undergoing neuroendovascular procedures

No added risks to radiation therapy for cancer patients with COVID-19, says study

Researchers investigate whether tailored online exercise benefits ‘long Covid’ patients

Researchers share key solutions related to challenges faced by businesses during COVID-19

A review of Traditional Chinese herbal medicine in management of COVID-19

Experts highlight latest advancements in neurogenic classification and pain management

AI enables accurate detection of radiographic sacroiliitis in people with axial spondyloarthritis

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Advancing the Diagnosis and Treatment of Ovarian Cancer

World Health Day 2021 – “Building a fairer, healthier world”

Back Pain

Overview

Feature Articles

Back Pain Treatment

Lower Back Pain Management

Living with Lower Back Pain

Causes of Lower Back Pain

What is Degenerative Disc Disease?

Latest Back Pain News and Research

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