Back Pain

Penn Medicine Preclinical Researchers Lead Study of Spinal Disc’s Early Response to Injury and Novel Treatments

Oct 22, 2019 | Back Pain, Orthopedics, Regenerative Medicine, Spinal Disc, Spine

Researchers led by the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine (Penn Medicine) may have found a way to press pause on spinal disc injuries, offering doctors more time to treat them before worse issues develop. The preclinical researchers found that the cells in...

Palmer Center Partners With Yale, Dartmouth & Univ. Iowa on $7M Study on Efficacy of Chiropractic Care for Vets in Pain

Sep 25, 2019 | Back Pain, Chiropractic, Lower Back Pain, Orthopedics

The Palmer Center for Chiropractic Research (PCCR) has partnered with Yale Center for Medical Informatics, The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy & Clinical Practice and the University of Iowa on the VERDICT study which seeks to assess the role of...

Marshall Health Participates in the TOPS™ System Clinical Trial for Back Pain

Sep 16, 2019 | Back Pain, Orthopedics

The Marshall University Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine was one of 30 health care organizations nationwide to participate in a FDA-controlled clinical trial to test an alternative to lumbar fusion surgery called the Total Posterior Spine (TOPS) system. It is the...

UNSW Australia Investigational MRI Study in Australia Holds Promise to Fight Back Pain

Aug 4, 2019 | Back Pain, Decay Variance, MRI

A study led by UNSW Australia investigates a novel MRI scanning technique, called “decay variance,” for analyzing degenerated spinal discs, opening up a promising pathway to better diagnoses of back pain. As recently reported in The New Daily, a promising...

The SMART Clinic of Utah Treats Degenerative Disc Disease Patients with Investigational Stem Cell Treatment to Reduce Pain & Restore Function

Jul 11, 2019 | Back Pain, Degenerative Disc Disease, Regenerative Medicine, Stem-Cell Therapy

The SMART Clinic in Utah is the research site of an innovative new regenerative, stem-cell-based therapy to alleviate pain and restore functions in patients with degenerative diseases of the spine. It was announced that the first Utah residents were treated in a...