COCA News June 2009

COCA News June 2009

In this Issue

From The President

Conference Report - WFC and Beyond Challenges for Australia Stan Innes

Research News - VicReN Introducing a Research Network based in Primary Care

Education Update

• Dry Needling Managing Myofascial Pain
  
• Dry Needling Seminar Series off to a Successful Start

COCA News

• COCA Sponsors Inaugural Fun Run
  
• Chiropractor Simon French awarded PhD

Graduate News - Congradulations to new graduates

Systematic Reviews

• Spinal Mechanical Load as a Risk Factor for Low Back Pain: A Systematic Review of Prospective Cohort Studies
  
• Recurrent Disc Herniation and Long-Term Back Pain after Primary Lumbar Discectomy: Review of Outcomes Reported for Limited (LD) Versus Aggressive Disc (AD) Removal
  
• Does Knee Malalignment Increase the Risk of Development and Progression of Knee Osteoarthritis? A Systematic Review. Arthritis Care and Research.
  
• Acupuncture Treatment for Pain: Systematic Review of Randomised Clinical Trials with Acupuncture, Placebo Acupuncture, and No Acupuncture Groups
  
• Is Gait Normal After Total Knee Arthroplasty. Systematic Review of the Literature

Info Bites

• How common is sinus headache?
  
• Anti-Cholesterol (Statins) Medication and Musculoskeletal Symptoms
  
• One Story Worth Following
  
• A 10 Year MRI Study of Cervical Spines
  
• Vitamin C Intake May Reduce the Risk of Gout in Men
  
• What is the Most Important Predictor in Idiopathic Scoliosis Progression?
  
• Is There A Relationship Between Spinal Pain and Temporomandibular Disorders?
  
• A Role for Us?
  
• Trials of Complimentary and Alternative Medicine May Not Sway Many Clinicians
  
• Does Osteoporosis only Impact on Osseous Structures?
  
• This Gem from Internal Musculoskeletal Medicine on Spinal Cavitation

Books

• Instant Access to Orthopaedic Physical Assessment
  
  • Author: Ron C. Evans
• 100 Challenging Spinal Pain Syndrome Cases]
  
  • Author: Lynton GF Giles

Abstracts

• Safety of Chiropractic Interventions: A Systematic Review
  
• Why Do Some Patients Keep Hurting Their Back? Evidence of Ongoing Back Muscle Dysfunction During Remission from Recurrent Back Pain
  
• Effectiveness of a Behaviour Graded Activity Program Versus Conventional Exercise for Chronic Neck Pain Patients
  
• Response of Lumbar Multifidus to Manipulation in the Presence of Clinical Instability
  
• How Often Is Low Back Pain Not Coming From The Back?
  
• Graded Exercise for Recurrent Low Back Pain
  
• Early Predictors of Chronic Work Disability. A Prospective Population-Based Study of workers with Back Injuries
  
• Doctors with a Special Interest in Back Pain Have Poorer Knowledge About How To Treat Back Pain