Francisco M. Kovacs, Emma Garcia, Ana Royuela, Lourdes González et al.
STUDY DESIGN: A cross-sectional, multicenter study. OBJECTIVE: To determine the prevalence of low back pain (LBP), leg pain (LP), and pelvic girdle pain (PGP) in pregnant Spanish women and to identify the factors associated with a higher risk. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA: Previous studies on the prev...
Sadika Akhter, Shannon Rutherford, Cordia Chu
BACKGROUND: Bangladesh has made significant progress in reducing maternal mortality. Many factors have contributed to this; one is the socio-economic development of the country. The ready-made garment industry is at the forefront of this development creating employment for many women. However, the w...
Changqing Zhao, Da Liu, Hai Li, Lei‐Sheng Jiang et al.
STUDY DESIGN: Human herniated disc tissues and rat nucleus pulposus (NP) cells were used following approval by the authors' institutional Human Ethics Review Committee and Animal Care and Use Committee. OBJECTIVE: To determine the expression of leptin and its functional receptor in herniated disc ti...
Hideo Kobayashi, Takuya Kitamura, Miho Sekiguchi, Yoshimi Homma et al.
STUDY DESIGN: We investigated involvement of EphB/ephrinB system in neuropathic pain. OBJECTIVE: Using immunoblotting, immunohistochemistry, and RNA interference techniques, we examined the expression levels of EphB receptors and ephrinB ligands in neuropathic pain. We also explored the effect of ep...
Barbara Graves, Susan DeJoy, Annemarie Heath, Penelope S. Pekow
The purpose of this study was to identify the association between prepregnancy body mass index (BMI), weight gain in pregnancy, and newborn birth weight on route of delivery and induction of labor in patients receiving nurse-midwifery care. This retrospective cohort study examined the outcomes of 15...
Inge Gregersen Sørensen, Peter Karl Jacobsen, Finn Gyntelberg, Poul Suadicani
In Brief Study Design. Cohort study. Objective. To examine the association between self-reported physical workload and risk of herniated lumbar disc disease (HLDD) in a long-term follow-up of men without a history of back disorders at baseline. Summary of Background Data. Heavy physical workload is ...
Julie E.M. McCullough, Dianne Liddle, Ciara Close, Marlene Sinclair et al.
Reflexology is used for various pregnancy related complaints. A three-armed, pilot randomised controlled trial was conducted to test changes in physiological and biochemical stress parameters. Ninety primiparous volunteers experiencing low back and/or pelvic girdle pain (LBPGP) were recruited to rec...
Manato Horii, Sumihisa Orita, Maiko Nagata, Masashi Takaso et al.
STUDY DESIGN: retrograde neurotracing and immunohistochemistry were used to investigate the effect of the tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-α inhibitor, etanercept, on calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP) expression in dorsal root ganglion (DRG) neurons innervating intervertebral discs in rats. OBJECTIV...
T A McCalden
1 The in vitro action of oestradiol-17-beta (0.1, 1.0 and 10.0 mug/ml) and progesterone (0.1, 1.0 and 10.0 mug/ml) on the spontaneous activity of the portal veins in female rats at different stages of gestation was studied. 2 Progesterone caused the spontaneous mechanical activity in the rat portal ...
Karin Larsson, Björn Rydevik, Kjell Olmarker
STUDY DESIGN: Application of nucleus pulposus and disc related cytokines in vitro on cultured dorsal root ganglion (DRG) cells. OBJECTIVES: To study if tumor necrosis factor (TNF) and interleukin-1beta (IL-1beta) may induce similar inhibition of axonal outgrowth from cultured DRG cells as applicatio...
Samia Ali, Zabun Nahar, Md. Rajibur Rahman, Sardar Mohammad Ashraful Islam et al.
Salma Lovereen, Mst Afroza Khanum, Nazlima Nargis, Shahanawaj Begum et al.
Objective: The objective of the study was to assess the maternal and neonatal outcome in premature rupture of membranes.Material and Methods: A prospective study was carried out in the department of Obstetrics &Gynae in Ibn Sina Medical College hospital from October’15 to September’16. The sampl...
Shamima Islam Nipa, Thanyaluck Sriboonreung, Aatit Paungmali, Chailert Phongnarisorn
Aim. To compare the combined effects of core stability exercise and pelvic floor muscle exercise (PFME) with the effects of PFME alone on women with stress urinary incontinence (SUI) who experience nonspecific chronic low back pain (NSCLBP). Methods. A stratified randomized controlled trial study (R...
Angela Nannini, Jane Lazar, Cynthia J. Berg, Kay M. Tomashek et al.
Hospital visits (inpatient, observation, and emergency department) for injury occurring during pregnancy and 1 year postpartum (the pregnancy-associated period) were examined to determine groups at risk for injuries. The dataset included maternally linked vital records and hospital visit data for a ...
Anne CC Lee, Rachel Whelan, Nazmun Nahar Bably, Lauren E. Schaeffer et al.
OBJECTIVE: To improve the accuracy of the prediction of gestational age (GA) before birth with the standardised measurement of symphysis-fundal height (SFH), estimation of uterine volume, and statistical modelling including maternal anthropometrics and other factors. DESIGN: Prospective pregnancy co...