Low back pain motor vehicle accidents

Backgrounds No standard treatment exist for reducing symptoms related to sequelae of motor vehicle accidents (MVAs). In Korea, comprehensive Korean Medicine (KM) treatment that includes botanical drugs (herbal medicine), acupuncture, pharmacopuncture, tuina, moxibustion, and cupping is covered by automobile insurance and increasingly used to help alleviate such pain. This study aimed to analyze real-world data and to evaluate the effectiveness and safety of comprehensive KM treatment for low back pain caused by MVAs...

OBJECTIVE: The aim of the study was to determine whether employment or insurance status is associated with the presence and number of Waddell signs. DESIGN: In this cross-sectional study, adult low back pain patients were seen at a tertiary academic center for thoracic or lumbar back pain, due to a degenerative condition. Frequency data were compared with contingency table analysis, including χ2 and logistic regression. RESULTS: Of 462 patients, 26% had any Waddell signs and 10% had clinically significant Waddell signs...

BACKGROUND Ankylosing spondylitis (AS) is an immune-mediated chronic inflammatory condition grouped under spondyloarthritis (SpA), which is an umbrella term for a group of interrelated inflammatory rheumatic conditions with characteristic radiographic findings such as erosions and ankylosis of the sacroiliac joint. Unfortunately, there is an average delay of 8-9 years between the onset of the symptoms and diagnosis due to infrequent consideration of this disease in the differential diagnosis of patients with low back pain and unusual or incomplete presenting clinical symptoms...

STUDY DESIGN: An in vitro biomechanics investigation exposing porcine functional spinal units (FSUs) to sudden impact loading while in a flexed, neutral, or extended posture. OBJECTIVE: To investigate the combined effect of impact severity and postural deviation on intervertebral joint mechanics. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA: To date, no in vitro studies have been conducted to explore lumbar tissue injury potential and altered mechanical properties from exposure to impact forces...

BACKGROUND: Spinal cord stimulation (SCS) is a well-established therapy for chronic pain syndromes, with growing applicability to other conditions. Restless legs syndrome (RLS) is a widespread, chronic movement disorder managed primarily and incompletely by medication, and its etiology can be classified as idiopathic or secondary. METHODS: Three patients underwent SCS implantation for chronic back and/or leg pain with concomitant targeting of RLS: (1) a 34-year-old man with sporadic RLS symptoms that strongly intensified after military-related spinal fractures, (2) a 54-year-old man with RLS likely secondary to meralgia paresthetica, and (3) a 42-year-old man with low back and right lower extremity pain after a military motor vehicle accident...

The sacroiliac joint (SIJ) is a diarthrodial joint that has been implicated as a pain generator in approximately 10% to 25% of patients with mechanical low back or leg symptoms. Unique anatomic and physiologic characteristics of SIJ make it susceptible to mechanical stress and also create challenges in the diagnosis of SIJ pain. A variety of inciting causes for SIJ pain may exist, ranging from repetitive low-impact activities such as jogging to increased stress after multilevel spine fusion surgery to high-energy trauma such as in motor vehicle accidents...

Objective: The aim of this case report is to describe the response of a patient with chronic pain who received chiropractic care in a federally qualified health center. Clinical Features: A 61-year-old female patient with neck and back pain after a traumatic motor vehicle accident 3 years prior was referred for chiropractic care. She had neck pain, low back pain, knee pain, and pain associated with over 20 surgeries, as well as depression, opioid dependence, and low quality of life...

Physicians are often faced with managing difficult conditions such as chronic lower back pain. Intervertebral disk herniation typically occurs horizontally, leading to impingement of the spinal cord which can potentially cause radicular symptoms or other spinal cord pathologies; however, disk herniations can also occur vertically and extend through the endplate of an adjacent cranial or caudal vertebra: a phenomenon known as a Schmorl's node. Although Schmorl's nodes can be seen in many asymptomatic individuals, they can be a cause of degenerative disk disease and low back pain...

BACKGROUND: Although the Tampa Scale for Kinesiophobia (TSK) is useful for measuring fear of movement in patients with musculoskeletal pain, no psychometrically validated Japanese version is available. We evaluated the reliability and validity of the Japanese version of the TSK-J (original 17-item version and shorter 11-item version). METHODS: The data subset used in this psychometric testing was derived from a survey previously conducted to collect information on musculoskeletal pain due to motor vehicle accident...

OBJECTIVE: To describe the 1-year course of symptoms following mild traumatic brain injury (MTBI) sustained in a motor vehicle collision as well as patterns of care-seeking. DESIGN: One-year follow-up of a population-based inception cohort. SETTING: The province of Saskatchewan, Canada, with a population of about 1,000,000 inhabitants. PARTICIPANTS: Persons (N=1716) sustaining an MTBI during a car collision between November 1997 and December 1999...

OBJECTIVE: To determine the incidence, course, and prognosis of adult mild traumatic brain injury (MTBI) caused by motor vehicle collisions. DESIGN: Prospective, population-based, inception cohort study. SETTING: The province of Saskatchewan, Canada, with a population of about 1,000,000 inhabitants. PARTICIPANTS: All adults (N=1716) incurring an MTBI in a motor vehicle collision between November 1997 and December 1999 in Saskatchewan...

STUDY DESIGN: Systematic review and meta-analysis. OBJECTIVE: To update a previous review and meta-analysis on risk factors for persistent problems following whiplash secondary to a motor vehicle accident. BACKGROUND: Prognosis in whiplash-associated disorder (WAD) has become an active area of research, perhaps owing to the difficulty of treating chronic problems. A previously published review and meta-analysis of prognostic factors included primary sources up to May 2007...

UNLABELLED: INTRODUCTION: Surgical treatment for lumbar burst fractures is complex and typically involves either a retroperitoneal corpectomy and/or a posterior pedicle screw fixation. We describe the case of a patient with a lumbar burst fracture who was cured via a less invasive approach that has not been previously reported as standalone treatment. CASE PRESENTATION: This 25-year-old Caucasian man presented with excruciating axial low back pain exacerbated by any attempt to elevate the head of the bed after a motor vehicle accident...

A literature review was performed for the years 1990-2007. It covered reports addressing the problems associated with the prevalence of low back pain and musculoskeletal disorders among farmers. In addition, the anticipated relationship between low back pain and whole body vibration in farmers was evaluated based on 12 reports for the years 1987-2009. The review confirmed that the prevalence of back pain is significantly higher in farmers exposed to whole body vibration than in the control group (not exposed to vibration)...

STUDY DESIGN: Retrospective case series. OBJECTIVES: To describe an injury mechanism and a series of patients with spine fractures after passing over speed humps in a motor vehicle. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA: The use of speed humps as an effective measure to reduce the rate of traffic accidents is still a matter of discussion. Furthermore, their use in mass transport routes may cause spine injuries among passengers in motor vehicles. METHODS: Review of the database in our medical records, identifying all the patients with spine fractures that occurred after passing over speed humps while in a motor vehicle, from January 1, 1997 to April 30, 2008 in the Hospital del Trabajador de Santiago, Chile...

Gordon Waddell's "Nonorganic Signs," published in 1980, indicates psychosocial factors that predict an unsuccessful surgical outcome for lumbar discectomy. Since then, they have been used by many to"prove" there is nothing physically wrong with such people, regardless of the site of injury, and even suggest they are faking. Although this was never Waddell's intent and there is no scientific basis for such belief, these signs continue to be used to discredit motor vehicle accident claimants. Recent advances in neuroanatomy now allow us to explain all these signs on the basis of known mechanisms and to understand that many are the result of maladaptive physical responses...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: The aim of this paper was to analyze the results of the first year of a study on truck drivers'safety and health. The project, which started in 2008, is promoted by EBITRAL (trade unions and business joint association) and carried out by Occupational Medicine Department of Ospedali Riuniti di Bergamo. The final objective is to improve health conditions of truck drivers, by defining appropriate health surveillance protocols in order to asses fitness for work and by promoting the application of healthy life-styles among the workers...

STUDY DESIGN: This study was based on a post hoc analysis of data collected from a prospective FDA-regulated trial comparing total disc replacement to fusion surgery. OBJECTIVE: he purpose of this study was to determine if the occurrence of adverse events (AEs) had an impact on outcomes of low back surgery. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA: AEs are rigorously recorded during clinical trials primarily to evaluate the safety of the investigational device...

OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this study is to describe the demographic profile of patients in the New Jersey area who are involved in motor vehicle personal injury lawsuits and who are referred from chiropractors to physiatrists. METHODS: The study design was a prospective chart review of patients (N = 38) referred to a private physiatric practice from 5 chiropractic practices. Patient data collected at initial consultation included age, employment status, emergency department consultation, time since accident, visual analog score, neck pain and back pain, review of systems, and functional limitations...

STUDY DESIGN: Prospective cohort study. OBJECTIVE: This study investigates the role of pain catastrophizing and causal beliefs with regard to severity and persistence of neck complaints after motor vehicle accidents. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA.: In previous research on low back pain, somatoform disorders and chronic fatigue syndrome, pain catastrophizing and causal beliefs were found to be related to perceived disability and prognosis. Furthermore, it has been argued with respect to whiplash that culturally dependent symptom expectations are responsible for a chronic course...