http://necksolutions.com/pain Neck and Back Pain Sat, 21 Nov 2009 01:45:31 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Chronic Widespread Pain and Fibromyalgia: Two Sides of the Same Coin? From: Curr Rheumatol Rep. 2009 Dec;11(6):433-436 Chronic widespread pain is very prevalent in the general population (5%-10%) and is characterized by pain in all four body quadrants, the neck, and back. Chronic widespread pain differs from localized pain not only in ... http://necksolutions.com/pain/neck-pain/chronic-widespread-pain-fibromyalgia/ Magnetic resonance imaging of ligaments and membranes in the craniocervical junction in whiplash associated injury and in healthy control subjects From: Acta Radiol. 2009 Nov 16. [Epub ahead of print] The pathogenesis and imaging findings in whiplash associated injury are poorly understood and remain debatable. The authors assessed the ligaments and membranes ... http://necksolutions.com/pain/neck-pain/whiplash-associated-injury-imaging/ Relationship of facet tropism with degeneration and stability of functional spinal unit From: Yonsei Med J. 2009 Oct 31;50(5):624-9 Facet tropism is defined as asymmetry in both the facet joint angles of the lumbar and lumbosacral regions. For many years, the effect of facet tropism on the development of intervertebral disc degeneration ... http://necksolutions.com/pain/back-pain/facet-tropism-degeneration/ Development and evaluation of neck pain and functional limitation scale: A validation study in the Asian context. From: Indian J Med Sci. 2009 Oct;63(10):445-54 Neck pain is one of the most common problems in the population, which affects approximately 67% of individuals at some point of time in their lifetime. Regarding ... http://necksolutions.com/pain/neck-pain/neck-pain-functional-limitation-scale/ Relationships between pain thresholds, catastrophizing and gender in acute whiplash injury From: Man Ther. 2009 Nov 4 The mechanisms underlying sensory hypersensitivity in acute whiplash associated disorders are not well understood. We examined the extent of the relationships between the sensory measures of pressure pain threshold and cold pain threshold, catastrophizing, pain ... http://necksolutions.com/pain/neck-pain/pain-catastrophizing-gender-whiplash/ Rear impact neck protection devices for adult wheelchair users From: J Rehabil Res Dev. 2009;46(4):499-514 For conventional motor vehicle seats, a head restrainteffectively reduces whiplash injuries to the neck in rear impact collisions, because it substantially reduces relative motion between the occupant’s head and chest. For wheelchair occupants traveling in adapted vehicles, ... http://necksolutions.com/pain/neck-pain/neck-protection-wheelchairs/ Management decisions in nontraumatic complaints of arm, neck, and shoulder in general practice From: Ann Fam Med. 2009 Sep-Oct;7(5):446-54 Complaints of arm, neck, and shoulder pain are very common in Western societies. In the Netherlands the estimated 12-month prevalence in the general population was 31% for neck pain, 30% for shoulder pain, ... http://necksolutions.com/pain/neck-pain/arm-neck-shoulder-complaints/ Performance in the cranio-cervical flexion test is altered in elderly subjects From: Man Ther. 2009 Oct;14(5):475-9 The cranio-cervical flexion test tests the coordination of the deep and superficial cervical flexor muscles during a cranio-cervical flexion task. The test has revealed impairments in muscle function in younger/middle aged patients with various neck pain ... http://necksolutions.com/pain/headaches/cranio-cervical-flexion-elderly/ The value of intermittent cervical traction in recent cervical radiculopathy From: Ann Phys Rehabil Med. 2009 Oct 8. The objective of this study was to assess the effect of mechanical and manual intermittent cervical traction on pain, use of analgesics and disability during the recent cervical radiculopathy. The authors made a prospective ... http://necksolutions.com/pain/neck-pain/cervical-traction-recent-radiculopathy/ Dynamic Bulging of Intervertebral Discs in the Degenerative Lumbar Spine From: Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 2009 Oct 16 The effect of postural change on degenerative lumbar discs was quantified using novel kinematic magnetic resonance imaging. The purpose is to describe the bulging of degenerative intervertebral lumbar discs in vivo subjected to different ... http://necksolutions.com/pain/back-pain/degenerative-lumbar-disc-bulging/