James Rainville
New England Baptist Hospital
65 Papers
370 Citations
James Rainville is an academic researcher from New England Baptist Hospital. The author has contributed to research in topics: Low back pain & Back pain. The author has an hindex of 30, co-authored 65 publications. Previous affiliations of James Rainville include University of Waterloo & Chestnut Hill College.
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Papers
What can the history and physical examination tell us about low back pain
TL;DR: Most causes of back pain respond to symptomatic and physical measures, but some are surgically remediable and some are systemic diseases requiring specific therapy, so careful diagnostic evaluation is important.
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Report of the NIH Task Force on research standards for chronic low back pain.
Richard A. Deyo,Samuel F. Dworkin,Dagmar Amtmann,Gunnar Andersson,David G. Borenstein,Eugene J. Carragee,John A. Carrino,Roger Chou,Karon F. Cook,Anthony Delitto,Christine Goertz,Partap S. Khalsa,John D. Loeser,Sean Mackey,James Panagis,James Rainville,Tor D. Tosteson,Dennis C. Turk,Michael Von Korff,Debra K. Weiner +19 more
TL;DR: A task force was convened by the NIH Pain Consortium with the goal of developing research standards for chronic low back pain, and results included recommendations for definitions, a minimum dataset, reporting outcomes, and future research.
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Exercise as a treatment for chronic low back pain
James Rainville,Carol Hartigan,Carol Hartigan,Eugenio Martinez,Eugenio Martinez,Janet Limke,Cristin Jouve,Cristin Jouve,Mark Finno +8 more
TL;DR: Exercise is safe for individuals with back pain, because it does not increase the risk of future back injuries or work absence, and substantial evidence exists supporting the use of exercise as a therapeutic tool to improve impairments in back flexibility and strength.
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Report of the NIH task force on research standards for chronic low back pain
Richard A. Deyo,Samuel F. Dworkin,Dagmar Amtmann,Gunnar Andersson,David G. Borenstein,Eugene J. Carragee,John A. Carrino,Roger Chou,Karon F. Cook,Anthony Delitto,Christine Goertz,Partap S. Khalsa,John D. Loeser,Sean Mackey,James Panagis,James Rainville,Tor D. Tosteson,Dennis C. Turk,Michael Von Korff,Debra K. Weiner +19 more
TL;DR: A task force was convened by the NIH Pain Consortium with the goal of developing research standards for cLBP, and results included recommendations for definitions, a minimum data set, reporting outcomes, and future research.
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Exploration of physicians' recommendations for activities in chronic low back pain.
TL;DR: Physicians’ pain attitudes and belief influenced their recommendations, as did their perception of the severity of the patients’ clinical symptoms, which reflected personal attitudes of the physicians as well as factors related to the patients' clinical symptoms.
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