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Douglas P. Gross
Researcher at University of Alberta
Publications - 169
Citations - 8165
Douglas P. Gross is an academic researcher from University of Alberta. The author has contributed to research in topics: Rehabilitation & Functional capacity evaluation. The author has an hindex of 34, co-authored 148 publications receiving 5622 citations. Previous affiliations of Douglas P. Gross include American Physical Therapy Association.
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What low back pain is and why we need to pay attention
Jan Hartvigsen,Mark J. Hancock,Alice Kongsted,Quinette Louw,Manuela L Ferreira,Stéphane Genevay,Damian G Hoy,Jaro Karppinen,Glenn Pransky,Joachim Sieper,Rob J. E. M. Smeets,Martin Underwood,Rachelle Buchbinder,Dan Cherkin,Nadine E. Foster,Christopher G. Maher,Maurits W. van Tulder,Johannes R. Anema,Roger Chou,Steven P. Cohen,Lucíola da Cunha Menezes Costa,Peter Croft,Manuela L. Ferreira,Paulo H. Ferreira,Julie M. Fritz,Douglas P. Gross,Bart W. Koes,Birgitta Öberg,Wilco C. Peul,Mark L. Schoene,Judith A. Turner,Anthony D. Woolf +31 more
TL;DR: Intensified research efforts and global initiatives are clearly needed to address the burden of low back pain as a public health problem, where health and other systems are often fragile and not equipped to cope with this growing burden.
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Prevention and treatment of low back pain: evidence, challenges, and promising directions.
Nadine E. Foster,Johannes R. Anema,Dan Cherkin,Roger Chou,Steven P. Cohen,Steven P. Cohen,Douglas P. Gross,Paulo H. Ferreira,Julie M. Fritz,Bart W. Koes,Wilco C. Peul,Judith A. Turner,Christopher G. Maher,Rachelle Buchbinder,Jan Hartvigsen,Martin Underwood,Maurits W. van Tulder,Stephen P Cohen,Lucíola da Cunha Menezes Costa,Peter Croft,Manuela L. Ferreira,Stéphane Genevay,Mark J. Hancock,Damian G Hoy,Jaro Karppinen,Alice Kongsted,Quinette Louw,Birgitta Öberg,Wilco C. Peul,Glenn Pransky,Mark L. Schoene,Joachim Sieper,Rob J. E. M. Smeets,Anthony D. Woolf +33 more
TL;DR: Effective, promising, or emerging solutions that could offer new directions in the management of low back pain need greater attention and further research to determine if they are appropriate for large-scale implementation.
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Low back pain: a call for action
Rachelle Buchbinder,Maurits W. van Tulder,Birgitta Öberg,Lucíola da Cunha Menezes Costa,Anthony D. Woolf,Mark L. Schoene,Peter Croft,Jan Hartvigsen,Dan Cherkin,Nadine E. Foster,Christopher G. Maher,Martin Underwood,Johannes R. Anema,Roger Chou,Steven P. Cohen,Manuela L. Ferreira,Paulo H. Ferreira,Julie M. Fritz,Stéphane Genevay,Douglas P. Gross,Mark J. Hancock,Damian G Hoy,Jaro Karppinen,Bart W. Koes,Alice Kongsted,Quinette Louw,Wilco C. Peul,Glenn Pransky,Joachim Sieper,Rob J. E. M. Smeets,Judith A. Turner +30 more
TL;DR: The Viewpoint is a call for action on this global problem of low back pain and suggests population shifts are more rapid in low-income and middle-income countries, where adequate resources to address the problem might not exist.
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Clinical practice guidelines for the noninvasive management of low back pain: A systematic review by the Ontario Protocol for Traffic Injury Management (OPTIMa) Collaboration
Jessica J. Wong,Pierre Côté,Deborah Sutton,Deborah Sutton,Kristi Randhawa,Kristi Randhawa,Hainan Yu,Hainan Yu,Sharanya Varatharajan,Sharanya Varatharajan,Rachel Goldgrub,Margareta Nordin,Douglas P. Gross,Heather M. Shearer,Heather M. Shearer,Linda J. Carroll,Paula Stern,Arthur Ameis,Danielle Southerst,Danielle Southerst,Silvano Mior,Maja Stupar,T. Varatharajan,T. Varatharajan,Anne Taylor-Vaisey +24 more
TL;DR: Overall, most guidelines target nonspecific LBP and recommend education, staying active/exercise, manual therapy, and paracetamol or NSAIDs as first‐line treatments.
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Enhanced Therapeutic Alliance Modulates Pain Intensity and Muscle Pain Sensitivity in Patients With Chronic Low Back Pain: An Experimental Controlled Study
Jorge Fuentes,Susan Armijo-Olivo,Martha Funabashi,Maxi Miciak,Bruce D. Dick,Sharon Warren,Saifee Rashiq,David J. Magee,Douglas P. Gross +8 more
TL;DR: Enhanced TA combined with active IFC appears to lead to clinically meaningful improvements in outcomes when treating patients with CLBP, and the context in which physical therapy interventions are offered has the potential to dramatically improve therapeutic effects.