Aims. The aim of this study was to determine if positive Waddell signs
were related to patients’ demographics or to perception of their
quality of life. Patients and Methods. This prospective cross-sectional study included 479 adult patients
with back pain from a university spine centre. Each completed SF-12
and Oswestry Disability Index (ODI) questionnaires and underwent
standard spinal examinations to elicit
The purpose of the study is to assess changes in cortical activity in chronic low back pain patients with and without illness behaviour. Introduction: It is well recognised that patients with chronic low back pain (CLBP) may have major psychological factors which affect their level of disability. Abnormal patterns of illness behaviour have been described . 1. . Methodology: 30 patients with CLBP of more than six months duration were recruited. Patients with radicular pain or previous surgery were excluded. Two groups were created dependant on the presence of
Previous research has suggested that when subjected to painful lumbar stimulation, chronic low back pain (CLBP) patients with illness behaviour (IB) are unable to effectively engage a sensory modulation system utilised by patients without IB. 1. Furthermore, reduced insular cortex volume in CLBP patients with IB, may compound this problem. 2. . Pain Management Programs (PMP) has demonstrated reductions in IB and disability associated with chronic pain conditions. This current study aims to assess whether the pattern of cerebral response to pain in IB patients could be normalised by participation in a PMP. 12 patients with CLBP and IB (>4/5