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Research Articles
A Closer Look at Worker Compensation Patients with Failed Back Surgery Syndrome
Treatment for Acute Low Back Pain: What Factors Affect Physicians' Decisions
Superiority of Steroid Injections for Chronic Low Back Pain
Fear Is An Obstacle for Recovery from Back Pain
Do Shock Wave and Ultrasound Therapies Help with Back Pain
A Review of Spinal Cord Injuries
Complications with New Method of Spinal Fusion
Should Fusion for Degenerative Spondylolisthesis Include the Sacrum
Is Heavy Lifting Really Linked With Disc Herniation
Biologic Therapies for Aging Discs
Differences in Coping Behaviors Among Adults with Chronic Low Back Pain
Does a Disk Herniation Spell the End of a Pitching Career
Sacroiliac Pain: A Challenge But Not Impossible
Neurologic Safety of Spinal Deformity Surgery
Sacroiliac Pain A Challenge But Not Impossible
Rule Breakers in Scoliosis Treatment
Management of Spine Surgery Complications
Treatment for U-Shaped Fractures of the Sacrum
Results of Lateral Approach to Lumbar Interbody Fusion
Don't Withhold Spinal Fusion Because of Age
Is Bracing for Scoliosis Effective?
Results So Far With Newer Minimally Invasive Spinal Fusion
Fusion Rates and Complications After Lumbar Interbody Fusion
What To Do About Chronic Sacroiliac Joint Pain
Obesity Should Not Keep Patients From Having Spinal Fusion Surgery
Better Results with Spinal Fusion: How and Why?
Scmorl's Nodes in Relation to Disc Degeneration
Does Back Injury Lead to Disc Problems Later?
New Way to Predict Low Back Pain Becoming Chronic
Prevention and Management of Dural Tears
Risk Factors for Disability with Low Back Pain
Disc Herniations Don't Come From Lifting
How Long Can You Wait to Have That Spinal Fusion Surgery Before It's Too Late?
What causes spondylolisthesis?
Is there any treatment for when one vertebrae slips over another?
Is there any treatment for when one vertebrae slips over another? My mother has this in her lower back and it's causing her quite a bit of back pain.
Results of an Ongoing Lumbar Stenosis Study
Low Back Pain Physical Therapy in Cleveland Without Medications
Case Series: 10 Young Athletes with Spondylolysis Radiculopathy
Aquatic Exercise Benefits Patients with Chronic Low Back Pain
Measuring Scoliosis Using two Different Methods with the Cobb Angle
Opioids May Not Be Solution for Chronic Non-Cancer Pain
Reviewing the Definition of Cauda Equina Syndrome
Back Pain in Pregnant Women: More Than a Snapshot
Does Type of Bone Graft Used in Spinal Fusion Increase Risk of Infection?
Synovial Cyst of the Spine: What Is It?
The Effect of Spinal Fusion Versus Disc Replacement on Lumbar Motion
Iliac Crest Bone Harvesting May Leave Lasting Pain
Revisiting An Old Topic: Lumbar Spinal Stenosis
Piriformis Syndrome: What To Do?
Does Physical Activity Prevent Low Back Pain?
New Evidence on the Importance of Motor Control in Preventing Low Back Pain
Effect of Wearing a Corset After Lumbar Spinal Fusion
Sit-To-Stand: More Difficult When There's Back Pain
Spondylolysis: A More Complete Picture
Are Sports Activities Linked with Disc Degeneration?
Does Having Low Back Pain One Time Mean You'll Have It Again?
Back Pain Continues Despite Advances in Medical Knowledge
Using X-rays to Identify Pelvic Instability
Surgery For Adult Scoliosis: When and Why
Farming Life and Back Pain
What is the Optimal Treatment for Lumbar Disc Herniation?
Who's in Charge of Treating the Back Pain Patient? The Doctor or the Patient?
Disc Degeneration - Can we help change the processs?
Low Back Pain and Golf - Getting Into the Swing of It
Exercise Works for Chronic Back Pain
Early Rehab after Lumbar Disc Removal
Feeling Better after Your Back Injury? Think Again
An Expectorant for Back Pain
Positioning Back Pain Patients for Comfort
All-Night Heat May Give Low Back Pain Sufferers All-Day Relief
Heat May Wrap Up Low Back Pain
The Spine's Sixth Sense
Fast Walking Helps Chase Away Low Back Pain
A Model for Effectively Returning Athletes with Disc Problems Back to Sports
Shifting Weight to Reduce Back Pain
Popping the Myth of What Makes a Sound Spinal Adjustment
Teaming Up to Treat Back Pain
What is in a Name? A Look at Spinal Manipulative Therapy
Muscle Energy Technique for Low Back Pain Studied
Back Pain Improves Quickest with a Specific Treatment Program
Everyone Benefits When Workers with Back Pain Stay Active
Pinpointing the Source of Low Back Pain
Exercise: The Drug of Choice for Back Pain
Back Pain Again? Researchers Offer New Clues
Back Pain in the Balance
Exercise Regularly to Beat Chronic Low Back Pain
Team Approach to Chronic Back Pain Goes the Distance
Smoking Linked with Muscle Weakness in Low Back
Factors Influencing Back Pain
Timing Is Everything, Especially When Treating Low Back Pain
Exercise and Low Back Pain
Asking More of the Abdominal Muscles
Getting to the Core of Exercises for Low Back Pain
Updated Review of Acupuncture as a Treatment for Chronic Low Back Pain
Fear of Back Pain Disables More Than the Pain Itself
Low Back Pain Got You Down? Good News From a Five-Year Study
Scaling a Mountain of Pain
Wrapping Up Back Pain
Back Pain: It Doesn't Just Affect the Spine
Low Back Pain: Manipulation or Stabilization?
Patients with Nonspecific Low Back Pain Need Individual Treatment
Low Back Strength Training for Older Adults Advised
Spinal Stabilization Exercises Work Best for Chronic Low Back Pain
Physical Therapy for Low Back Pain: Reduce Symptoms and Increase Function
Review of Treatmemt for Back Pain: What Works, What Doesn't
Lumbar Neutral Zone Exercises Prevent Low Back Pain
Emotional Distress Linked to Chronic Low Back Pain
MRI for Low Back Pain: Abnormalities Are Not Linked to Symptoms
Low Back Pain: No Benefit from Stabilization Exercises
An Inside Look at the Multifidus Muscle in Back Pain
Should Back Pain Be Ignored?
Physical Therapy for Lumbar Spinal Stenosis
MRI Not a Good Predictor of Low Back Pain
Predicting Low Back Pain
Natural Course of Low Back Pain
Long-Term Results for Worker's Compensation Patients with Low Back Pain
The Truth About Back Pain
Does Chronic Back Pain Respond Better to Surgery or Conservative Management?
Can Exercise Help Relieve Lower Back Pain?
Update on the Mechanisms of Chronic Pain
Beware Research Results Sponsored by Drug Companies
 Better Results with Evidence-Based Care for Low Back Pain
What's New in the Management of Low Back Pain?
Comparing Walking Speed and Force for Patients with Back and Leg Pain
Depression, Anxiety, Alcohol Use Not Uncommon Among People with Chronic Back or Neck Pain
Review of Osteoporotic Vertebral Compression Fractures
Results Compared of Two Treatments for Lumbar Disc Protrusion
What Really Causes Disc Degeneration? 
Exercise and Education Using the CBT Approach for Chronic Low Back Pain
Is Deconditioning the Result of Chronic Low Back Pain?
Does Physical Fitness Decline with Chronic Back Pain?
Sciatica Random Control Trials
Cause and Treatment of Lumbar Scoliosis in Older Adults
Treating Chronic Low Back Pain: Then and Now
Total Hip Replacement Reduces Low Back Pain
Is Physical Therapy Treatment Cost-Effective for Sciatica?
Chronic Low Back Pain in Older Adults
Back Pain: Is It Environmental or Genetic?
Fear-Avoidance Beliefs Occur Early in LBP Patients
Effect of Low-Level Heat Therapy on Low Back Pain
Ultrasound As a Feedback Tool in Low Back Pain
Spinal Manipulation May Affect Muscle Function
Chronic Low Back Pain, Psychosocial Distress, and Disability
Comparison of Lumbar Supports in Sitting
Extension Exercises for Subgroups of Patients with Low Back Pain
Can Core Exercises Really Prevent or Cure Back Pain?
Update on the Treatment of Chronic Low Back Pain
McKenzie Treatment Versus Strength Training for Chronic Low Back Pain
Multidisciplinary Treatment for Chronic Low Back Pain: When Should It Begin?
Improving Back Pain: How Much Is Enough
Acceptance, Rather than Resignation, of Low Back Pain Can Improve Quality of Life
Mindfulness Meditation Appears to Help Older Patients with Chronic Low Back Pain
New Low Back Pain Treatment Guidelines
Getting Back to Work After Acute Low Back Pain
A Review of Studies Assessing Efficacy and Safety of Spinal Manipulation and Mobilization in Treatment of Lower Back Pain
Massage Beneficial for Select Patients with Chronic Lower Back Pain
Myriad of Back Pain Management Options Can Be Overwhelming to Patients
No Evidence to Support Manpulation Under Anesthesia for Chronic Low Back Pain
Traction Therapy for Chronic Low Back Pain
Using Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to Treat Low Back Pain
Functional Restoration As A Treatment Approach to Chronic Low Back Pain
Evidence to Support the McKenzie Method for Chronic Low Back Pain
Watchful Waiting in Chronic Lower Back Pain
Modifiable Lifestyle Factors (Smoking, Weight Loss, Exercise) May Contribute to Chronic Lower Back Pain
Acupuncture May Provide Benefit in Chronic Lower Back Pain
Education Can Play Role in Reducing Impact of Chronic Low Back Pain
Back Strengthening Exercises for Low Back Pain
Core Stabilization Training for Low Back Pain: Does It Work?
Chronic Low Back Pain Treatment with Physical Therapy Modalities
Searching For An Effective Way to Treat Chronic Low Back Pain
Supervised Exercise for Chronic Low Back Pain: Is It Really Needed?
First Study to Compare Back Pain Relief Between Surgery and Nonoperative Care for Disc Herniation
Update on the Treatment of Lumbar Spondylolisthesis
Backs and Beds
Comparing Spinal Mobilization to Spinal Extension Exercises for Low Back Pain
Fast, Efficient Diagnosis of Low Back Pain
Kinesiophobia in chronic low back pain
Back School improves quality of life among back pain sufferers
Can physical Therapy Reduce the Total Cost of Care for Low Back Pain?
Rehab After Lumbar Disc Surgery
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