Search for dissertations about: "knowledge back pain"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 52 swedish dissertations containing the words knowledge back pain.

  2. 1. Back pain : long-term course and predictive factors

    Author : Paul Enthoven; Peter Croft; Linköpings universitet; []
    Keywords : back pain; MEDICINE; MEDICIN;

    Abstract : Background. Better knowledge of the long-term course in patients treated in primary care for back pain (clinical course) and in patients that do not receive specific treatment after seeking care (clinical natural course) is needed to enable health professionals and their patients to understand the likely course of back pain and to make clinical decisions about treatment alternatives. READ MORE

  4. 2. Chronic pain : epidemiological studies in a general population

    Author : H. Ingemar Andersson; Bengt Scherstén; Göran Ejlertsson; Ido Leden; Calle Bengtsson; Sweden Lund University Department of Community Health Sciences; []
    Keywords : MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; chronic pain; epidemiology; health care; Epidemiology; Epidemiologi; MEDICINE; MEDICIN;

    Abstract : The aim was to study the epidemiology of chronic pain (> 3 months duration) and factors associated to pain prevalence, prognosis, health care and medication in a general population. A cross-sectional mailed survey to a random population sample (n = 1806) was followed by a clinical examination and a prospective study of three selected groups. READ MORE

  5. 3. Neck Pain : Analysis of Prognostic Factors and Treatment Effects

    Author : Görel Kjellman; Charlotte Ekdahl; Linköpings universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICINE; MEDICIN;

    Abstract : Neck pain is a highly prevalent and often long-lasting problem with substantial personal and economic consequences. Individuals with neck pain are often referred for physiotherapy treatment, but there is limited evidence of the effect of treatment in these patients, mainly because conservative interventions have not been studied in sufficient detail. READ MORE

  6. 4. Sensorimotor characteristics in chronic neck pain : possible pathophysiological mechanisms and implications for rehabilitation

    Author : Peter Michaelson; Gwendolyn Jull; Umeå universitet; []
    Keywords : Outcome prediction; Pain intensity; Neck Pain; WAD; Motor control; Proprioception; Balance; Cervical stability; Jerk; Neck kinematics; kirurgi; Surgery;

    Abstract : Pain from the musculoskeletal system is very common in the modern society. Chronic musculoskeletal pain syndromes causes not only individual suffering but also dysfunctions of movements and postural control, as large costs for the society. READ MORE

  7. 5. Stuck in mind : the role of catastrophizing in pain

    Author : Ida K. Flink; Steven Linton; Johan Vlaeyen; Örebro universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; catastrophizing; pain; fear avoidance; problem solving; Psykologi; Psychology;

    Abstract : Pain catastrophizing emerges in the literature as one of the most important psychological determinants of both pain itself and the negative outcomes commonly associated with it. However, despite decades of research confirming the impact of catastrophizing, there are still areas that remain unexplored or in which the surface has only been scratched. READ MORE