In the recent years, Shared Decision Making (SDM) has been increasingly advocated as an ideal model of treatment decision-making during the medical encounter, as it has been shown to increase benefits for both clinicians and ...
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The false promises of shared decision making in rehabilitation
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What pain-related factors are associated with lost work days in nurses?
Low back pain (LBP) is a leading cause of disability [5] including lost work days (LWDs) and early retirement [3; 4]. Among the work-related disability domains, LWDs are particularly important because they increase the economic ...
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Could Virtual Reality Dodgeball motivate fear-avoidant CLBP patients to move? Implications for future treatment.
Chronic low back pain (CLBP) is one of the most common musculoskeletal conditions health care professionals encounter. Unfortunately, despite ever increasing costs in regards to clinical management, the results remain underwhelming[1,2] giving CLBP an enigmatic ...
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One-to-one or strength in numbers – is there a best way to deliver exercise based physiotherapy?
Musculoskeletal (MSK) conditions are common and costly, resulting in significant personal, social and economic burden (here and here) [1, 2]. While physiotherapists deliver many interventions (e.g. massage, spinal manipulation, dry needling, etc.), exercise is probably ...
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An Opioid-like Drug with Fewer Side Effects
PZM21 dulls pain in mice, but appears safer than morphine.