Leg pain and psychological variables predict outcome 2-3 years after lumbar fusion surgery.

Prediction studies testing a thorough range of psychological variables in addition to demographic, work-related and clinical variables are lacking in lumbar fusion surgery research. This prospective cohort study aimed at examining predictions of functional disability, back pain and health-related quality of life (HRQOL) 2-3 years after lumbar fusion by regressing nonlinear relations in a multivariate predictive model of pre-surgical variables. Before and 2-3 years after lumbar fusion surgery, patients completed measures investigating demographics, work-related variables, clinical variables, functional self-efficacy, outcome expectancy, fear of movement/(re)injury, mental health and pain coping.

Evidence-based practice: attitudes, knowledge and behaviour among allied health care professionals.

Objective: To explore dieticians', occupational therapists' and physical therapists' attitudes, beliefs, knowledge and behaviour concerning evidence-based practice within a university hospital setting.

Design: Cross-sectional survey.

Setting: University hospital.

Patients' experience post-lumbar fusion regarding back problems, recovery and expectations in terms of the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health.

Purpose: To describe within the context of the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF), patient's experiences post-lumber fusion regarding back problems, recovery and expectations of rehabilitation and to contrast with the content of outcome measures and the ICF low back pain (LBP) core sets.

Methods: The study has a cross-sectional and retrospective design and involves 20 lumbar fusion patients. Using the ICF, qualitative content analysis of semi-structured interviews 3-6 months post-surgery was performed.

The influence of psychological factors on pre-operative levels of pain intensity, disability and health-related quality of life in lumbar spinal fusion surgery patients.

Objectives: To assess the extent to which perceived pain and psychological factors explain levels of disability and health-related quality of life (HRQOL) in patients scheduled for lumbar fusion surgery, and to test the hypothesis that relationships between pain intensity, mental health, fear of movement/(re)injury, disability and HRQOL are mediated by cognitive beliefs and appraisals.

Design: Cross-sectional, correlation study.

Setting: Orthopaedic outpatient setting in a tertiary hospital.

Early rehabilitation targeting cognition, behavior, and motor function after lumbar fusion: a randomized controlled trial.

Study Design: Open label randomized controlled trial with 3-, 6-, 12-month, and 2- to 3-year follow-up.

Objective: To investigate the effectiveness of a psychomotor therapy focusing on cognition, behavior, and motor relearning compared with exercise therapy applied during the first 3 months after lumbar fusion.

Summary Of Background Data: Postoperative management after lumbar fusion commonly focuses on analgesic pain control and activities of daily living.

Qualitative analysis of the male experience of heart failure.

Objective: The purpose of this study was to gain insight from the patient's perspective into how it is to live with moderate chronic heart failure (HF).

Methods: Twenty men with moderate chronic HF in New York Heart Association classes II to III, aged 43 to 73 years, were interviewed with open-ended questions. The interviews were analyzed using qualitative inductive content analysis as a method.

Beneficial therapeutic effects of physical training and relaxation therapy in women with coronary syndrome X.

Background And Purpose: New types of illness are being identified continuously. Owing to the demands for evidence-based practice, physiotherapeutic interventions need to be investigated scientifically prior to application in a new patient population. Coronary syndrome X (syndrome X) is a chronic pain disorder with exercise-induced chest pain despite angiographically normal coronary arteries.