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Back injuries

Back injuries: Introduction

Back injuries: A term usually used to describe any musculoskeletal back injury - a common workplace occurrence. More detailed information about the symptoms, causes, and treatments of Back injuries is available below.

Symptoms of Back injuries

• Back pain
• Impaired back mobility
• Walking difficulty
• Movement difficulty
• Difficulty performing daily activities
• more symptoms...»

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Home Diagnostic Testing

Home medical testing related to Back injuries:

• Nerve Neuropathy: Related Home Testing:
  • Home Diabetes Test Kits
  • Home Blood Glucose Testing Kits
• more...»

Wrongly Diagnosed with Back injuries?

• Misdiagnosis of Back injuries

Back injuries: Related Patient Stories

• Back injurie from lifting weights, torn muscle, tendon, ligament or disc?
• Back injury at work\ 30
• face, neck & back injury
• back injury left my toe numb
• lumbar back injury, clonuus, medical mess
• Back injury from blading
• upper back injury

Alternative Treatments for Back injuries

Alternative treatments or home remedies that have been listed in various sources as possibly beneficial for Back injuries may include:

• Hypericum homeopathic remedy
• Bryonia homeopathic remedy
• Rhus tox homeopathic remedy
• more treatments »

Causes of Back injuries

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Back injuries: Undiagnosed Conditions

Commonly undiagnosed diseases in related medical categories:

• Nerve Disorders: serious diseases commonly undiagnosed:
  • Diabetic Neuropathy -- Undiagnosed
  • Peripheral Neuropathy -- Undiagnosed
  • Multiple Sclerosis -- Undiagnosed
  • more ...»
• Chronic Pain Disorders -- serious medical disorders that may be undiagnosed:
  • Fibromyalgia -- Undiagnosed
  • Arthritis -- Undiagnosed
  • Chronic Pain Syndromes -- Undiagnosed
  • Migraine -- Undiagnosed
• more undiagnosed conditions...»

Misdiagnosis and Back injuries

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Back injuries: Research Doctors & Specialists

Research related physicians and medical specialists:

• Nerve Specialists:
  • Neuromusculoskeletal Medicine
  • Neurology (Brain/CNS Specialists)
  • Pediatric Neurology (Child Brain Specialist)
  • Spinal Cord Injury Medicine
• Pain Specialists:
  • Pain Medicine
  • Rheumatology (Arthritis / Joint Pain)
• Arthritis & Joint Health Specialists (Rheumatology):
  • Rheumatology (Joint Health)
  • Pediatric Rheumatology (Child Joint Health)
• more specialists...»

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Evidence Based Medicine Research for Back injuries

Medical research articles related to Back injuries include:

• Can a New Behaviorally Oriented Training Process to Improve Lifting Technique Prevent Occupationally Related Back Injuries Due to Lifting?
• Sacroiliac Joint Injury (Overview)
• Lumbosacral Spine Sprain/Strain Injuries (Overview)
• Lumbosacral Disc Injuries (Overview)
• Elder Abuse (Overview)
• Lumbar Disk Problems in the Athlete (Diagnosis)
• more research...»

Click here to find more evidence-based articles on the TRIP Database

Back injuries: Animations

More Back injuries animations & videos

Research about Back injuries

Visit our research pages for current research about Back injuries treatments.

Clinical Trials for Back injuries

The US based website ClinicalTrials.gov lists information on both federally and privately supported clinical trials using human volunteers.

Some of the clinical trials listed on ClinicalTrials.gov for Back injuries include:

• Redesigning Patient Handling Tasks to Prevent Nursing Back Injuries - This study has been completed (Current: 23 Nov 2006)
• Management and Outcome of Work-Related Musculoskeletal Disorders - This study is currently recruiting patients (Current: 23 Nov 2006)
• Vertebroplasty for the Treatment of Fractures Due to Osteoporosis - This study is currently recruiting patients (Current: 23 Nov 2006)
• Spinal Clearance Study: Expediting the Spinal Clearance Process in the Major Trauma Patient - This study is currently recruiting patients (Current: 23 Nov 2006)
• CAFE Study - Cancer Patient Fracture Evaluation - This study is currently recruiting patients (Current: 23 Nov 2006)
• more trials...»

See full list of 11 Clinical Trials for Back injuries

Back injuries: Broader Related Topics

• Back conditions
• Accident or injury conditions
• more types...»

Types of Back injuries

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