Cases of lumbar and gluteal pain are commonly encountered in chiropractic clinics, with a broad differential diagnosis primarily centered on musculoskeletal conditions. This report presents the second documented case of sacral chordoma diagnosed at a chiropractic clinic and emphasizes the importance of considering alternative diagnoses and interdisciplinary collaboration in patient care. A 42-year-old man presented to a chiropractic clinic with complaints of lumbar and gluteal pain.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIntroduction: Myofascial pain syndrome (MPS) is one of the most common chronic musculoskeletal pain disorders. However, MPS is often under-diagnosed. The purpose of this study was to characterize practicing clinicians' perspectives of the current diagnostic criteria for MPS.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: To systematically review randomized controlled trials of botulinum neurotoxin for limb spasticity to determine whether different injection techniques affect spasticity outcomes.
Methods: MEDLINE, EMBASE, CINAHL, and Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials electronic databases were searched for English language human randomized controlled trials from 1990 to 13 May 2016. Studies were assessed in duplicate for data extraction and risk of bias using the Physiotherapy Evidence Database scale and graded according to Sackett's levels of evidence.