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Attainment rate as a surrogate indicator of the intervertebral neutral zone length in lateral bending: an in vitro proof of concept study
(Chiropractic and Manual Therapies, 2015)
Background: Lumbar segmental instability is often considered to be a cause of chronic low back pain. However, defining its measurement has been largely limited to laboratory studies. These have characterised segmental ...
Current preventative and health promotional care offered to patients by chiropractors in the United Kingdom: a survey
(Chiropractic and Manual Therapies, 2015)
Background:
With increasing morbidity and mortality attributable to non-communicable disease, primary healthcare providers are urged to increasingly support people in making healthy lifestyle choices. Many chronic ...
Using the STarT Back Tool: Does timing of stratification matter?
(Manual Therapy, 2015)
It is likely that individuals with nonspecific LBP (nsLBP) constitute a heterogenic group and targeting treatment appropriately to those most likely to respond is of major relevance.
The STarT Back Tool (SBT) has been ...
Are the presence of MODIC changes on MRI scans related to “improvement” in low back pain patients treated with lumbar facet joint injections?
(BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders, 2015)
Background: Modic changes (MC) have been linked with low back pain (LBP) and worse outcomes from some
treatments. No studies have investigated the impact that MCs may have on patient outcomes from lumbar facet
injections. ...
Overtraining in professional sport: Exceeding the limits in a culture of physical and mental toughness
(Human Kinetics, 2015)
Doing Exercise Psychology uses applied theories alongside authentic client interactions to address the challenging psychological components of physical activity. Doing Exercise Psychology helps students understand how to ...
A survey of 'mental hardiness' and 'mental toughness' in professional male football players
(Chiropractic and Manual Therapies, 2014)
Background: It is not uncommon for chiropractors to be associated with sports teams for injury prevention,
treatment, or performance enhancement. There is increasing acceptance of the importance of sports psychology in
the ...
Moving back: The radiation dose received from lumbar spine quantitative fluoroscopy compared to lumbar spine radiographs with suggestions for dose reduction
(Radiography, 2014)
Purpose: Quantitative fluoroscopy is an emerging technology for assessing continuous inter-vertebral motion in the lumbar spine, but information on radiation dose is not yet available. The purposes of this study were to ...
Does inter-vertebral range of motion increase after spinal manipulation? A prospective cohort study
(Chiropractic and Manual Therapies, 2014)
Background: Spinal manipulation for nonspecific neck pain is thought to work in part by improving inter-vertebral range of motion (IV-RoM), but it is difficult to measure this or determine whether it is related to clinical ...
The first research agenda for the chiropractic profession in Europe
(Chiropractic and Manual Therapies, 2014)
Background: Research involving chiropractors is evolving and expanding in Europe while resources are limited. Therefore, we considered it timely to initiate a research agenda for the chiropractic profession in Europe. The ...
Proportional lumbar spine inter-vertebral motion patterns: a comparison of patients with chronic, non-specific low back pain and healthy controls
(2014)
Introduction: Identifying biomechanical subgroups in chronic, non-specific low back pain (CNSLBP) populations from inter-vertebral displacements has proven elusive. Quantitative fluoroscopy (QF) has excellent repeatability ...