Shared decision making through informed consent in chiropractic management of low back painSimon Dagenais
Department of Social and Preventive Medicine, School of Public Health, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, USA
J Manipulative Physiol Ther 35:216-26. 2012
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- NASS Contemporary Concepts in Spine Care: spinal manipulation therapy for acute low back pain
Simon Dagenais
Palladian Health, 2732 Transit Rd, West Seneca, NY 14224, USA
Spine J 10:918-40. 2010
..Low back pain (LBP) continues to be a very prevalent, disabling, and costly spinal disorder. Numerous interventions are routinely used for symptoms of acute LBP. One of the most common approaches is spinal manipulation therapy (SMT)...
- Synthesis of recommendations for the assessment and management of low back pain from recent clinical practice guidelines
Simon Dagenais
Palladian Health, 2732 Transit Rd, West Seneca, NY 14224, USA
Spine J 10:514-29. 2010
..The quality and consistency of recommendations from these CPGs are currently unknown...
- Can cost utility evaluations inform decision making about interventions for low back pain?
Simon Dagenais
Department of Epidemiology and Community Medicine, University of Ottawa, 451 Smyth Road, Ottawa, ON, K1H 8M5 Canada
Spine J 9:944-57. 2009
..Numerous interventions are routinely used, although few are supported by strong evidence. Cost utility analyses (CUAs) may be helpful to inform decision makers...
- Ottawa Panel evidence-based clinical practice guidelines on therapeutic massage for low back pain
Lucie Brosseau
Department of Epidemiology and Community Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
J Bodyw Mov Ther 16:424-55. 2012
..To update evidence-based clinical practice guidelines (EBCPG) on massage therapy compared to control or other treatment for adults (>18 years) suffering from acute, sub-acute and chronic low back pain (LBP)...
- Causal assessment of workplace manual handling or assisting patients and low back pain: results of a systematic review
Darren M Roffey
Clinical Epidemiology Program, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, ON, Canada
Spine J 10:639-51. 2010
..Despite an unclear etiology, numerous physical activities are suspected of leading to LBP. Declaring a causal relationship between occupational activities and LBP remains challenging and requires a methodologically rigorous approach...
- Causal assessment of occupational carrying and low back pain: results of a systematic review
Eugene K Wai
Division of Orthopaedic Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Ottawa, The Ottawa Hospital, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Spine J 10:628-38. 2010
..Determining the causal relationship between LBP and specific occupational activities requires a rigorous methodological approach...
- Causal assessment of occupational lifting and low back pain: results of a systematic review
Eugene K Wai
Division of Orthopaedic Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Spine J 10:554-66. 2010
..Evaluating these potentially causal relationships requires a methodologically rigorous approach. Occupational repetitive and/or heavy lifting is widely thought to be a risk factor for the development of LBP...
- Evidence-informed management of chronic low back pain with prolotherapy
Simon Dagenais
Division of Orthopaedic Surgery and Department of Epidemiology and Community Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada
Spine J 8:203-12. 2008
..It is hoped that articles in this special focus issue will be informative and aid in decision making for the many stakeholders evaluating nonsurgical interventions for CLBP...
- Evidence-informed management of chronic low back pain with medicine-assisted manipulation
Simon Dagenais
Division of Orthopaedic Surgery and Department of Epidemiology and Community Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada
Spine J 8:142-9. 2008
..It is hoped that articles in this special focus issue will be informative and aid in decision making for the many stakeholders evaluating nonsurgical interventions for CLBP...
- Evidence-informed management of chronic low back pain with physical activity, smoking cessation, and weight loss
Eugene K Wai
Division of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Spine J 8:195-202. 2008
..It is hoped that articles in this special focus issue will be informative and aid in decision making for the many stakeholders evaluating nonsurgical interventions for CLBP...
- A systematic review of low back pain cost of illness studies in the United States and internationally
Simon Dagenais
Division of Orthopaedic Surgery and Department of Epidemiology and Community Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada
Spine J 8:8-20. 2008
..The economic burden of low back pain (LBP) is very large and appears to be growing. It is not possible to impact this burden without understanding the strengths and weaknesses of the research on which these costs are calculated...
Delay in operative stabilization of spine fractures in multitrauma patients without neurologic injuries: effects on outcomesHossein Pakzad
Division of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Ottawa, The Ottawa Hospital, Ottawa, Ont
Can J Surg 54:270-6. 2011
..Optimal timing for surgical stabilization of the fractured spine is controversial. Early stabilization facilitates mobilization and theoretically reduces associated complications...
- Potential triaging of referrals for lumbar spinal surgery consultation: a comparison of referral accuracy from pain specialists, findings from advanced imaging and a 3-item questionnaire
David Simon
Division of Orthopedic Surgery, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ont
Can J Surg 52:473-80. 2009
..However, most patients who are referred would not benefit from surgical care. Effective triaging of surgical candidates may reduce morbidity related to prolonged waiting times and optimize use of limited resources...
- Causal assessment of occupational bending or twisting and low back pain: results of a systematic review
Eugene K Wai
Division of Orthopaedic Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada
Spine J 10:76-88. 2010
..Although numerous physical activities have been implicated in its etiology, determining causation remains challenging and requires a methodologically rigorous approach...
- Advancements in the management of spine disorders
Scott Haldeman
Department of Neurology, University of California, Irvine, USA
Best Pract Res Clin Rheumatol 26:263-80. 2012
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- The reliability of determining "leg dominant pain"
Eugene K Wai
Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Spine J 9:447-53. 2009
..Despite the importance of determining whether patients with lumbar spine pain have back or leg dominant pain as a predictor for success after decompression surgery, there are limited data on the reliability of methods for doing so...
- Systematic review of the prevalence of radiographic primary hip osteoarthritis
Simon Dagenais
Division of Orthopaedics, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada
Clin Orthop Relat Res 467:623-37. 2009
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- Commentary: Laboring to understand the economic impact of spinal disorders
Simon Dagenais
Palladian Health, 2732 Transit Rd, West Seneca, NY 14224, USA
Spine J 12:1119-21. 2012
..The personal and national costs of early retirement because of spinal disorders: impacts on income, taxes, and government support payments. Spine J 2012;12:1111-8 (in this issue)...
- Ottawa Panel evidence-based clinical practice guidelines on therapeutic massage for neck pain
Lucie Brosseau
School of Rehabilitation Sciences, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
J Bodyw Mov Ther 16:300-25. 2012
..To update evidence-based clinical practice guideline (EBCPG) on the use of massage compared to a control or other treatments for adults (>18 years) suffering from sub-acute and chronic neck pain...
Side effects and adverse events related to intraligamentous injection of sclerosing solutions (prolotherapy) for back and neck pain: A survey of practitionersSimon Dagenais
Department of Pediatrics, University of Ottawa, ON, Canada
Arch Phys Med Rehabil 87:909-13. 2006
..To study the side effects and adverse events related to intraligamentous injection of sclerosing solutions (prolotherapy) for back and neck pain...
- Supplemental care with medication-assisted manipulation versus spinal manipulation therapy alone for patients with chronic low back pain
Frank J Kohlbeck
Department of Health Services, University of California Los Angeles, School of Public Health, Los Angeles, California, USA
J Manipulative Physiol Ther 28:245-52. 2005
..6-6.5). CONCLUSION: Medication-assisted manipulation appears to offer some patients increased improvement in low back pain and disability. Further investigation of these apparent benefits in a randomized clinical trial is warranted...
