Determinants of outcomes for patients with chronic low back pain and fear-avoidance beliefs following treatment with specific stabilisation exercises.

Background: Specific stabilisation exercises (SSE) can combat the debilitating effects of chronic non-specific low back pain (CLBP), improve disability, pain and fear-avoidance beliefs (FAB).

Objective: To elicit the determinants of outcome in patients with CLBP with associated FABs after treatment with SSE.

Method: Twenty-nine patients (20 females) with CLBP were classified using FAB questionnaire into high or low Work and Physical Activity (PA) subscales.

Predictive factors for flatfoot: The role of age and footwear in children in urban and rural communities in South West Nigeria.

Background: Flatfoot is common in children and its prevalence influenced by several factors. This study investigated the role of age and type of foot wear as predictors of flatfoot in school age children in urban and rural areas in south-western Nigeria.

Methods: 560 children between 6 and 12 years, divided into two groups; rural and urban were studied.