The impact of a sacroiliac joint belt on function and pain using the active straight leg raise in pregnancy-related pelvic girdle pain.

Introduction: Pelvic girdle pain (PGP) is the most common musculoskeletal concern in pregnancy. The Active Straight Leg Raise (ASLR) test is diagnostic. Sacroiliac joint (SIJ) belts are included in multimodal therapy, but there is no established predictive measure to determine which pregnant women will benefit.

Examining Patient Willingness to Pay for Magnetic Resonance Imaging Guided Prostate Biopsy: Implications in the Era of Health Savings Accounts.

Introduction: The proliferation of health savings accounts has empowered patients to participate in medical decisions through a direct financial incentive. Using conjoint analysis we examined how much extra patients with a health savings account would be willing to pay for magnetic resonance imaging-transrectal ultrasound fusion guided prostate biopsy over transrectal ultrasound guided prostate biopsy.

Methods: We enrolled men who were 55 to 70 years old from a general urology clinic.