There is a common belief that patients presenting to emergency departments have more severe pain levels and functional limitations than those in general practice. The aim of this systematic review was to compare pain and disability levels of patients with acute low back pain presenting [...]
This study aimed to develop and user test a patient decision aid for people with subacromial pain syndrome that presents evidence-based information on the benefits and harms of subacromial decompression surgery and rotator cuff repair surgery.
This study investigated (1) self-reported societal comprehension of common and usually non-serious terms found in lumbar spine imaging reports and (2) its relationship to perceived seriousness, likely persistence of low back pain (LBP), fear of movement, back beliefs and history and intensity of LBP.
This study examined associations between common lumbar degenerative changes observed on MRI and present or future low back pain (LBP). The association between lumbar MRI degenerative findings and LBP is unclear and longitudinal studies are sparse.
Physiotherapist-prescribed exercise programmes and subacromial corticosteroid injections are mainstays of management of rotator cuff disorders. Systematic reviews have consistently found short-term benefits of corticosteroid injection in relieving pain. But there has been much less clarity around the value of exercise therapy, including its optimum type, [...]
The study aimed to determine how much change in neurogenic claudication spinal surgeons expect in patients following lumbar decompression for lumbar spine stenosis (LSS), and radicular leg pain following microdiscectomy. Secondary aims were to identify surgeons’ preferences regarding surgical techniques for lumbar decompression, and their [...]
The number of placebo surgical trials on musculoskeletal conditions is increasing, but little is known about the quality of their design and methods. This review aimed to (1) assess the level of placebo fidelity (ie, degree to which the placebo control mimicked the index procedure) [...]
This study investigated whether different labels for rotator cuff disease influence people's perceived need for surgery. Participants with and without shoulder pain read a vignette describing a patient with rotator cuff disease and were randomized to 1 of 6 terms describing rotator cuff disease: subacromial impingement [...]
This study examined associations between common lumbar degenerative changes observed on MRI and present or future low back pain (LBP). It showed that the MRI degenerative findings examined, individually or in combination, do not have clinically important associations with LBP, with almost all effects less [...]
This study set out to summarise the proportion of consumer webpages on subacromial decompression and rotator cuff repair surgery that make an accurate portrayal of the evidence for these surgeries (primary outcome), mention the benefits and harms of surgery, outline alternatives to surgery, and make [...]