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BackgroundIndividuals with chronic low back pain (LBP) often present with significant physical dysfunction. The underlying cause is difficult to diagnose due to the heterogeneous nature of LBP categories.MethodsTwo hundred and fifty-six pat…

BackgroundThe chronic low back pain (cLBP) literature rarely includes comprehensive characterization of demographic and biomedical factors in a large sample of individuals. The University of Pittsburgh Mechanistic Research Center, entitled,…

BackgroundDespite the wide utilization of physical tests and pain assessments to evaluate individuals with chronic low back pain (cLBP), there is limited information about their feasibility in terms of test duration, the ability of individu…

Animal models have been invaluable in the identification of molecular events occurring in and contributing to intervertebral disc (IVD) degeneration and important therapeutic targets have been identified. Some outstanding animal models (mur…

The purpose of this review was to evaluate data generated by animal models of intervertebral disc (IVD) degeneration published in the last decade and show how this has made invaluable contributions to the identification of molecular events …