This study was to investigate the incidence, prevalence, and possible risk factors for low back pain among a group of runners and walkers. A survey with 539 responses who participated in either a 10-kilometer run or 4-mile recreational walk showed previous history of...
The temporomandibular joint (TMJ) is in front of the ear and the joint movements can be felt if you place your finger at that level. To examine the movements of this joint, the rhythm of the closing and opening of the jaw must be noted. The jaw should open and close...
Patients may present with atypical abdominal and chest pain that may be related to spinal problems. The key features on history that point to spinal referred pain are pain on movement, tenderness and tightness of musculoskeletal structures at a spinal level supplying...
In a study to investigate the co-morbidity of chronic refractory headache with obstructive sleep apnoea syndrome, seventy-two patients (51 women and 21 men) with chronic and refractory headaches, whose headache occurred during sleep or whose sleep was accompanied by...
Alternate hot and cold hydrotherapy of the legs were given at ten 25-minute treatments during a three-week period to 20 patients with walking induced pain in the feet and lower limbs. 70% of the patients reported reduced pain after treatment, walking ability before...
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