Background Regional musculoskeletal pain such as back or shoulder pain are commonly
reported symptoms in the community. The extent of consultation to primary care with such …

Chronic widespread pain (CWP) is common and associated with poor general health. There
has been no attempt to derive a robust prevalence estimate of CWP or assess how this is …

OBJECTIVE: There is no consensus on the best method to determine the minimal important
change (MIC) of patient-reported outcomes. Recent publications recommend the use of …

Objectives. To assess overall responses to treatments among non-specific low back pain (NSLBP)
patients in clinical trials to examine the pattern following a wide range of treatments. …

Identification of different patterns of change in pain over time – trajectories – has the
potential to provide new information on the course of pain. Describing trajectories among …

Objectives To assess the consultation prevalence of musculoskeletal (MSK) conditions as
presented in different healthcare systems, and to determine the feasibility of comparing …

Objective. Foot and ankle problems are highly prevalent in the general population; however,
little is known about the characteristics of those seeking medical assessment for these …

… Kelvin P Jordan … groups 1 and 2 and those in group 3 was gender, with a fewer females in
group 3 (p=0.04). … In: Croft P, Blyth FM, van der Windt D, eds. Chronic pain epidemiology: from …

Background The positive predictive value (PPV) for cancer of symptoms, signs, and non-diagnostic
test results of patients routinely consulting a GP (unselected primary care populations…

Low back pain (LBP) is a major health challenge globally. Research has identified common
trajectories of pain over time. We aimed to investigate whether trajectories described in 1 …