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The Role of Screening and Brace Management for Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis

Kedar Padhye MBBS, DNB (Ortho) et al.

Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis (AIS) is defined as curvature of spine in the coronal plane with a Cobb angle of more than 10°.

Julia Alleyne BHSc(PT), MD, CCFP, Dip. Sport Med MScCH

Clinicians are often unsure if back pain during pregnancy is due to a musculoskeletal condition, an abnormality with the pregnancy or merely part of the common discomforts associated with gestational changes.

The Impact of Depressive Symptoms: Considerations for Clinicians Treating Patients with Low Back Pain

Jessica Wong DC, MPH et al.

A considerable proportion of patients with low back pain (LBP) experience depressive symptoms.

Exercise Prescription for Back Pain

Eugene Wai MD, FRCSC et al.

Exercise is one of the most effective and simplest evidence-based recommendations to manage acute and chronic back pain.

Upper Extremity Pain: Where's the pathology—Neck or Shoulder?

Andrew Trenholm MD, MSc, FRCSC et al.

Neck and shoulder disorders are among the leading causes of pain and disability.

The CORE Neck Tool: An Organized Approach to Neck Pain

Julia Alleyne BHSc(PT), MD, CCFP, Dip. Sport Med MScCH et al.

With the success of the Core Back Tool, the committee defining the Quality Based Pathway for Spine care and the OCFP concurrently recommended the development of a Neck Tool.

The Canadian Spine Surgeon’s Perspective: Avoiding Opioid Use in Spine Patients

Alexandra Stratton MD, MSc, FRCSC et al.

Opioid misuse in patients presenting to spine surgery clinics in Canada is a major problem.

Spinal Lesion: Benign or Malignant? When should you worry?

Raphaële Charest-Morin MD, FRCSC et al.

General practitioners are occasionally confronted to unknown lesions of the spine.

Chronic Neuropathic Pain in Primary Care—The Role of Neuromodulation

Philippe Magown MD CM, PhD, FRCSC

Neuropathic pain is a severe pain condition characterized by burning, tingling, or lancinating pain in the distribution of a nerve, dermatome, or sclerotome and affects patient function, quality of life, mood, and employment.