Implementation of back to living well, a community-based program for the tertiary prevention of low back pain: a study protocol.

Background: The current literature supports the effectiveness of exercise, education, and self-management interventions for the long-term management of persistent low back pain. However, there is significant uncertainty about the implementation of interventions related to barriers, facilitators, and patient's preferences. This study will evaluate the Back to Living Well program implementation from a participant and organizational perspective.

Lumbar foraminal stenosis was associated with back pain and leg pain: epidemiological evidence from a population-based cohort.

Objectives: To determine the characteristics of lumbar foraminal stenosis (LFS) on magnetic resonance (MR) images and their association with back pain and radiating leg pain in a population-based sample of Chinese subjects.

Methods: This study was an extension of the Hangzhou Lumbar Spine Study, a cross-sectional study focusing on back pain and lumbar spine MR imaging findings. Questionnaire data, including demographics, lifestyle, occupational exposures, back pain and radiating leg pain were included.

Spatiotemporal changes in imaging features associated with diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis (DISH).

Objectives: The purpose of our study was to characterise spatiotemporal features of disease progression in people with diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis (DISH), early-phase DISH, and those not meeting either criterion who had repeated CT scans of the thoracic spine.

Methods: A retrospective study was designed in collaboration with the to evaluate completeness of ectopic bridging across the thoracic spine and corresponding disease status over an average of 2.7 years (range from 0.

Detection and Characterization of Endplate Structural Defects on CT: A Diagnostic Accuracy Study.

Study Design: Diagnostic test study.

Objective: To determine the reliability and validity or diagnostic accuracy of two previously described endplate structural defect (EPSD) assessment methods.

Summary Of Background Data: Studies of EPSD may further the understanding of pathoanatomic mechanisms underlying back pain.

Depression as a prognostic factor for lumbar spinal stenosis outcomes: a systematic review.

Purpose: Lumbar spinal stenosis (LSS) is associated with increased levels of psychological distress, including depression; however, the prognostic value of depression remains unclear. The purpose of this systematic review was to synthesize the evidence on the prognostic value of depression for a range of outcomes in patients with LSS.

Methods: Inclusion criteria were prospective cohort studies that investigated depression in patients diagnosed with LSS.