Objective Sleep breathing disorders (SBD) are the most common sleep disorders frequently under-diagnosed in elderly populations. However, it is it well known that this disorder may contribute to the age-related…
Objective Psychosocial factors appear increasingly decisive in functional disability related to chronic low-back pain. Catastrophizing and kinesiophobia lead to deconditioning and the perpetuation of pain. The purpose of this study…
Objective Tuberculous spondylitis, or Pott’s disease, is a public health problem in Tunisia, where it occurs as an endemic disease. It is the most common and most severe articular bone…
Objective Determine the prevalence of non specific LBP in children and adolescents and identify factors directly associated with LBP, which will allow us to establish a program to prevent non…
Objective To analyse the characteristic of back pain in schooled adolescents in the municipality of Cotonou. Material/patients and methods This is a prospective descriptive and analytic study of 334 schooled…
Objective Our goal is to study through this observation and review of the literature the role of Tarlov cyst in the occurrence of lombosciatalgias and therapeutic possibilities. Observations Mrs. H.M…
Objective To talk through our observation and a review of the literature about radiological features and diagnostic difficulties of this particular form of disk migration. Observations We report the case…
Objective Evaluation, at one year, of a short duration multidisciplinary educational program for the chronic, short-term low-back pain. Material/patients and methods During the year 2012, 107 patients with chronic low-back…
Objective Three-dimensional imaging was performed to identify if Lenke 1A curves could be reclassified in subgroups to improved orthopedic or surgical treatment of adolescent idiopathic scoliosis. It seems that multitude…
Objective Lumbago/low-back pain is the first cause of morbidity and incapacity work-related in the world. Its social and economical weight is considerable. In the armies, since 2009, lumbago is the…
