Validation of the Arabic Version of the Attitude Toward Education and Advice for Low Back Pain Questionnaire.

Purpose: This cross-sectional study aimed to validate the Arabic version of the Attitude toward Education and Advice for Low Back Pain (AxEL) Questionnaire.

Patients And Methods: This study was conducted in two phases. First, the AxEL questionnaire was translated into Arabic and cross-culturally adapted.

Immune system response to isometric handgrip exercise and effects of duration and intensity of the exercise protocol on selected immune system parameters in prehypertensives.

Background: Recent studies have shown that physical exercise significantly modulates immunocyte dynamics and possibly plays a significant role on immune function. This study examined the responses of some selected immune system parameters to isometric handgrip exercise and identified possible effects of intensity and duration of the exercise protocols.

Methods: One hundred and ninety-two (N=192) sedentary pre-hypertensive subjects, aged between 30-50 years were recruited into the study.

Management approach combining prognostic screening and targeted treatment for patients with low back pain compared with standard physiotherapy: A systematic review & meta-analysis.

Background: Research evidence suggests that a stratified care management approach is better at improving clinical and economic outcomes for low back pain (LBP) patients compared with usual care in the short-term. However, it is uncertain if these health and economic benefits are sustainable in the longer term.

Objective: To determine the effectiveness of stratified care compared with standard physiotherapy for LBP treatment.

A comparison of the effectiveness of lateral versus posterior approach to shoulder injection in patients with subacromial impingement syndrome: A pragmatic randomized controlled trial.

Objective: The aim of the study was to determine the effectiveness of the lateral approach to subacromial injection, compared with the posterior approach, for the treatment of subacromial impingement syndrome.

Method: A pragmatic randomized controlled trial was carried out in an outpatient community musculoskeletal service. The sample comprised 80 adults, aged 18 years or over, with subacromial impingement syndrome.

Needle placement approach to subacromial injection in patients with subacromial impingement syndrome: A systematic review.

Background: Subacromial impingement syndrome (SAIS) is the most common cause of shoulder pain and is costly, in terms of disability and health service provision. Research evidence suggests that, generally, the anterior, lateral and posterior approaches are used by clinicians for subacromial injection. However, it is uncertain which of these approaches is more effective than the other in the management of SAIS.