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Uncategorized Published - 21 July, 2016    By - Dr Clemens
The incidence and worsening of newly diagnosed low back pain in a population of young male military recruits

BMC Musculoskelet Disord. 2016; 17: 279. Authors: Shlomo Moshe et al Background Low back pain (LBP) is a leading cause of referral to occupational health clinics and of consequent work absenteeism. There is lack of data concerning ages 18–21. The objective of our study was to evaluate the occurrence of newly diagnosed LBP and the […]

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Uncategorized Published - 21 July, 2016    By - Dr Clemens
Classification of patients with low back-related leg pain: a systematic review

BMC Musculoskelet Disord. May 2016; 17: 226. Authors: Siobhán Stynes, et al Background The identification of clinically relevant subgroups of low back pain (LBP) is considered the number one LBP research priority in primary care. One subgroup of LBP patients are those with back related leg pain. Leg pain frequently accompanies LBP and is associated […]

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Uncategorized Published - 21 July, 2016    By - Dr Clemens
The Value of Uncertainty in Critical Illness? An Ethnographic Study of Patterns and Conflicts in Care and Decision-making Trajectories

Published in BMC Anesthesiol. 2016;16(11) Authors: I. J. Higginson et al Background: With increasingly intensive treatments and population ageing, more people face complex treatment and care decisions. We explored patterns of the decision-making processes during critical care, and sources of conflict and resolution. Methods: Ethnographic study in two Intensive Care Units (ICUs) in an inner city hospital comprising: […]

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Uncategorized Published - 21 July, 2016    By - Dr Clemens
The Myth of Morphine Equivalent Daily Dosage

For far too many years, pain researchers and clinicians have relied on the concept of the morphine equivalent daily dosage (MEDD), or some variant of it, as a means of comparing the “relative corresponding quantity” of the numerous opioid molecules that are important tools in the treatment of chronic pain. This concept dates back to […]

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Uncategorized Published - 21 July, 2016    By - Dr Clemens
Virtual Reality Ventures Into Real World of Chronic Pain

Virtual reality (VR), already shown to have important benefits in the treatment of acute and procedural pain, shows preliminary evidence of also reducing symptoms in chronic pain, according to new research. “Our pain providers desperately need effective nonopioid treatments for chronic pain, ones that patients will adopt and use,” Ted Jones, PhD, from the Behavioral […]

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