Motor Control Exercise for Persistent, Nonspecific Low Back Pain: A Systematic Review
Macedo, L. G, Maher, C. G, Latimer, J., McAuley, J. H The objective of this study was to systematically review randomized controlled trials evaluating the effectiveness of motor control exercises for persistent low back pain. Fourteen trials were included. Seven trials compared motor control exercise with minimal intervention or evaluated it as a supplement to [...]
Assessing the quality of walking in adults with chronic pain: The development and preliminary psychometric evaluation of the Bath Assessment of Walking Inventory
Jane E. Clarke and Christopher Eccleston This article reports the development of an observational rating scale for the assessment of the quality of walking in adults with chronic pain called the Bath Assessment of Walking Inventory. A review of the literature on movement assessment, and a professional focus group, yielded 36 items capturing specific characteristics [...]
Patients’ perceptions of self-management of chronic low back pain: evidence for enhancing patient education and support
Kay Cooper, Blair H. Smith, Elizabeth Hancock The objective of this study was to explore the extent to which physiotherapy facilitated chronic low back pain (CLBP) patients to self-manage following discharge, and to explore patients’ perceptions of their need for self-management interventions or support and their preferences in terms of delivery. Twenty-five participants who had [...]
A preliminary fMRI study of analgesic treatment in chronic back pain and knee osteoarthritis
Marwan N Baliki, Paul Y Geha, Rami Jabakhanji, Norm Harden, Thomas J Schnitzer and A. Vania Apkarian The effects of an analgesic treatment (lidocaine patches) on brain activity in chronic low back pain (CBP) and in knee osteoarthritis (OA) were investigated using serial fMRI. Prior to treatment brain activity was distinct between the two groups. [...]
Central mechanisms in the maintenance of chronic widespread noninflammatory muscle pain.
Desantana JM, Sluka KA This article reviews the current and emerging literature about the pathophysiology and neurobiology of chronic widespread -musculoskeletal pain. Widespread musculoskeletal pain results in changes in the central nervous system in human subjects and animal models. These changes likely reflect alterations in supraspinal modulation of nociception, and include increases in excitatory and [...]
Withdrawal of Analgesic Medication for Chronic Low-Back Pain Patients: Improvement in Outcomes of Multidisciplinary Rehabilitation Regardless of Surgical History.
Crisostomo, Ralph A; Schmidt, John E; Hooten, W Michael; Kerkvliet, Jennifer L; Townsend, Cynthia O; Bruce, Barbara K The objective of this study was to determine the posttreatment outcomes of multidisciplinary pain rehabilitation that incorporates analgesic medication withdrawal for chronic low-back pain patients on the basis of lumbar spine surgical history. In a retrospective analysis [...]
Thinking about movement hurts: The effect of motor imagery on pain and swelling in people with chronic arm pain
Lorimer Moseley, Nadia Zalucki, Frank Birklein, Johan Marinus, Jacobus J. van Hilten, Hannu Luomajoki This study investigated whether motor imagery, in the absence of movement, increases symptoms in patients with chronic arm pain. Pain and swelling were measured before, after, and 60 minutes after 37 subjects performed a motor imagery task. Secondary variables from clinical, [...]
Treatment Expectancy and Credibility Are Associated With the Outcome of Both Physical and Cognitive-behavioral Treatment in Chronic Low Back Pain.
Smeets, Rob J. E. M.; Beelen, Saskia; Goossens, Marielle E. J. B.; Schouten, Erik G. W.; Knottnerus, J. Andre; Vlaeyen, Johan W. S. The objectives of this study were (1) to investigate the factor structure of the Credibility/Expectancy Questionnaire (CEQ) in a sample of chronic low back pain (CLBP) patients by means of a confirmatory [...]
Multidisciplinary treatment for chronic pain: a systematic review of interventions and outcomes
Scascighini, L., Toma, V., Dober-Spielmann, S., Sprott, H. The objective of this systematic review was to provide an overview of the effectiveness of multidisciplinary treatments of chronic pain and investigate about their differential effects on outcome in various pain conditions and of different multidisciplinary treatments, settings or durations. Compared with other non-disciplinary treatments, moderate evidence [...]
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