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| Title |
Restoration of disk height through non-surgical spinal decompression is associated with decreased discogenic low back pain: a retrospective cohort study
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| Published in |
BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders, July 2010
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| DOI | 10.1186/1471-2474-11-155 |
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| Authors |
Christian C Apfel, Ozlem S Cakmakkaya, William Martin, Charlotte Richmond, Alex Macario, Elizabeth George, Maximilian Schaefer, Joseph V Pergolizzi |
| Abstract |
Because previous studies have suggested that motorized non-surgical spinal decompression can reduce chronic low back pain (LBP) due to disc degeneration (discogenic low back pain) and disc herniation, it has accordingly been hypothesized that the reduction of pressure on affected discs will facilitate their regeneration. The goal of this study was to determine if changes in LBP, as measured on a verbal rating scale, before and after a 6-week treatment period with non-surgical spinal decompression, correlate with changes in lumbar disc height, as measured on computed tomography (CT) scans. |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 3 | 60% |
| Unknown | 2 | 40% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 4 | 80% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 1 | 20% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 152 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Norway | 1 | <1% |
| Australia | 1 | <1% |
| Brazil | 1 | <1% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | <1% |
| United States | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 147 | 97% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Master | 26 | 17% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 18 | 12% |
| Researcher | 17 | 11% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 12 | 8% |
| Other | 9 | 6% |
| Other | 35 | 23% |
| Unknown | 35 | 23% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 47 | 31% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 22 | 14% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 9 | 6% |
| Sports and Recreations | 8 | 5% |
| Engineering | 7 | 5% |
| Other | 22 | 14% |
| Unknown | 37 | 24% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 38. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 06 May 2024.
All research outputs
#1,099,930
of 25,852,155 outputs
Outputs from BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders
#160
of 4,457 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#3,209
of 106,206 outputs
Outputs of similar age from BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders
#2
of 28 outputs
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