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Jerome S. Tobis
Researcher at University of California, Irvine
Publications - 30
Citations - 1407
Jerome S. Tobis is an academic researcher from University of California, Irvine. The author has contributed to research in topics: Low back pain & Population. The author has an hindex of 14, co-authored 30 publications receiving 1379 citations.
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Spinal Manipulation for Low Back Pain
TL;DR: Comparison of the two groups indicated that patients who received manipulative treatment were much more likely to report immediate relief after the first treatment, and at discharge, there was no significant difference between theTwo groups because both showed substantial improvement.
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Attempts to prevent falls and injury: a prospective community study.
TL;DR: After 1 year of exercise and cognitive-behavioral programs, there was no significant difference in time to first fall and secondary outcome measures such as strength, balance, fear of falling, and perceived health did not significantly change.
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Interexaminer reliability of the palpation of trigger points in the trunk and lower limb muscles
Chang-Yu J. Hsieh,Chang-Zern Hong,Alan H. Adams,Katherine J. Platt,Clark D. Danielson,Fred K. Hoehler,Jerome S. Tobis +6 more
TL;DR: Among nonexpert physicians, physiatric or chiropractic, trigger point palpation is not reliable for detecting taut band and local twitch response, and only marginally reliable for referred pain after training.
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Effectiveness of four conservative treatments for subacute low back pain: a randomized clinical trial.
Chang-Yu J. Hsieh,Alan H. Adams,Jerome S. Tobis,Chang-Zern Hong,Clark D. Danielson,Katherine J. Platt,Fred K. Hoehler,Sibylle Reinsch,Arthur J. Rubel +8 more
TL;DR: For subacute low back pain, combined joint manipulation and myofAscial therapy was as effective as joint manipulation or myofascial therapy alone, and back school was aseffective as three manual treatments.
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Use of complementary and alternative medicine among the ethnic elderly.
TL;DR: Findings indicated a high use of CAM among the elderly and emphasize the likelihood that elderly immigrants use those therapies with which they are familiar.