[PDF] Top 20 A cross-sectional study of associations between kinesiophobia, pain, disability, and quality of life in patients with chronic low back pain

... numeric pain rating scale (NPRS). This is an 11-point numeric pain scale, ran- ging from 0 to 10, on which 0 indicates “no pain” and 10 the “worst possible pain” at the time of ... See full document

... this study, the sample size calculation was based on diferent stud- ies in the literature (between 10 and 30 patients) and on the fact that normal individuals do not present ... See full document

... improvement in quality of life according to the WHOQOL-bref questionnaire was also ...session of NM treatment. This domain includes the perception of pain and ... See full document

... Our study has some limitations. First, because this study was based on a cross-sectional observation, we could not demonstrate a causal relationship between sleep disturbance and ... See full document

... to pain and dysfunction domain in the crude and after adjustments analysis only for the ...relationship between upper-body flexibility and quality of ... See full document

... 2009 and November 2010, a cross sectional study with a convenience sample of HCV patients were per- formed at a public university-based outpatient service for infectious ... See full document

... source of chronic disability. Methods of assessment for such disability, especially those targeted at activities of daily living which are most affected by neck pain, are ... See full document

... three patients were ...40-75) and 53.5% were female. The so- ciodemographic and clinical data of patients with adhesive capsulitis are shown in Table ...differences ... See full document

... sample of participants was recruited among the outpatients of seven health institutions in the North, Center and South of ...Portugal. Patients meeting the inclusion criterion ... See full document

... consisted of seven employees; six participants were female, and one was male, and ages ranged from 20 to 65 years; with working hours of 40 weekly hours is with regard to the ... See full document

... awareness” of spine TB is less than the actual incidence of the ...set of ex- act diagnosis is the main cause of permanent damage to the high rate and prolonged duration of ... See full document

... to back tra u - ma, and LDH is so me ti mes com bi ned with a de ge n e r a - ti ve pro cess and bony spur for ma tion such as po s te ri or Schmorl’s no de ...tor in the oc cur ren ce ... See full document

... ultrasound and pulsed ultrasound application were standardised in the lumbar region, on the spinalis, erector spinae muscles and on the region of the multifidus which is below the two muscles ... See full document

... improvement of the QOL verified in the present study enables to the CRD lower levels of pain, improvement in the rest and sleep ...decrease in the use of ... See full document

... one of the most important exploration and one of the aims of ...state and predictive factors of work outcomes using multi-dimensional measures in patients ... See full document

... number of research funding agencies now require or request authors to submit the post-print (the article after peer review and acceptance but not the final published article) to a repository that is ... See full document

... impact, and psychosocial factors are believed to play an important role on its long-term ...maintenance. Pain Neuroscience Education (PNE) and graded exposure are cognitive-behavioral intervention ... See full document

... aspects of the studies included in this review, as they may affect the interpretation of the results ...the study design adopted in the investigations, as ...variability in the ... See full document

... rates of opioid use for chronic noncancer pain (CNCP) have been reported worldwide, despite its association with adverse events, inappropriate use, and limited analgesic ...prevalent ... See full document

... significance of ligamentum flavum hypertrophy in patients with spinal stenosis or at the advanced stage of spondylosis, few studies have sys- tematically examined ligamentum flavum ... See full document