Fear of movement, quality of life, and self-reported disability in obese patients with chronic lumbar pain.

Objective: To compare fear of movement between obese and non-obese individuals seeking therapy for chronic low back pain and to examine whether fear of movement predicted disability due to back pain, self-reported walking disability, and flexibility.

Design: This was a cross-sectional study.

Setting: Outpatient physical therapy clinic associated with a tertiary care hospital.

The negative consequences of other students' drinking: inventory development and assessment of differences by student characteristics and risk behaviors.

Unlabelled: College students continue to report being disrupted by other students' alcohol use.

Objective: This study was designed to develop measures to document the consequences resulting from other students' drinking and identify differences in experiencing these consequences by student characteristics and drinking behaviors.

Study Group: A stratified random sample of undergraduate students (N = 3,908) from ten universities in North Carolina, USA, completed a web-based assessment.

Absence of combined effects of anemia and bilateral surgical status on inpatient rehabilitation outcomes following total knee arthroplasty.

Purpose: To examine the effects of anemia on inpatient rehabilitation outcomes following unilateral and bilateral total knee arthroplasty (TKA).

Method: This was a multicenter, retrospective study from 15 inpatient rehabilitation facilities. Patients (N = 5421) with very low hematocrit (Hct <30%), low Hct (30-36% women, 30-41% men), or normal Hct (>36% women, 41% men) were included.

Drink specials and the intoxication levels of patrons exiting college bars.

Objectives: To determine whether drink specials independently increase patrons' risk of achieving a high level of intoxication upon exiting drinking establishments.

Methods: In a campus community, data were collected from exiting patrons (N=291) via sidewalk interviews and breath tests on 6 nights of 2 consecutive semesters.

Results: A multivariate model revealed that taking advantage of a drink special was associated with a fourfold increase in risk of achieving a BAC >or= 80 mg/dl.

Exploring the health behavior disparities of gay men in the United States: comparing gay male university students to their heterosexual peers.

Little is known about the health disparities that affect gay men in the United States. Using data collected from an online Internet-based assessment, we sought to compare health-compromising behaviors of gay male university students to their heterosexual peers. Participants included 1,014 self-reported males.

Characteristics of a sample of men who have sex with men, recruited from gay bars and Internet chat rooms, who report methamphetamine use.

Crystal methamphetamine is a highly addictive stimulant that initially gained popularity in the western region of the United States and has spread to all regions of the country. This study was designed to identify factors associated with methamphetamine use among men who have sex with men (MSM) in North Carolina. Participants were recruited in five gay bars and in five geographically defined Internet chat rooms concurrently in 2005 to complete a brief assessment of drug use and other risk behaviors.

Date fighting experiences among college students: are they associated with other health-risk behaviors?

Objective: The authors examined the clustering of health-risk behaviors among college students who reported date fight involvement.

Participants And Methods: The authors administered a Web-based survey to a stratified random sample of 3,920 college students from 10 universities in North Carolina.

Results: Among men, 5.