1 40 1 Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Citation List Month Backlog URL Address <a href="http://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejpain.2005.11.005" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">http://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejpain.2005.11.005</a> Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource The course of high-sensitive C-reactive protein in correlation with pain and clinical function in patients with acute lumbosciatic pain and chronic low back pain - a 6 months prospective longitudinal study Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available European Journal Of Pain Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2006 Subject The topic of the resource Female; Humans; Male; Pain Measurement; Cohort Studies; Adult; Middle Aged; Time Factors; Acute Disease; Chronic disease; C-Reactive Protein/metabolism; Low Back Pain/blood/physiopathology/therapy; Recovery of Function/physiology; Sciatica/blood/physiopathology/therapy Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Gebhardt K; Brenner H; Sturmer T; Raum E; Richter W; Schiltenwolf M; Buchner M Description An account of the resource In this prospective longitudinal study with a follow-up of 6 months, the course of serum concentration of C-reactive protein was measured by an ultrasensitive immunoassay in 31 patients with acute lumbosciatic pain and 41 patients with chronic low back pain. High-sensitive CRP (hsCRP), pain and clinical function were assessed at ten fixed time-points during follow-up. The course of hsCRP values was assessed in relation to the course of pain and clinical function adjusting for possible confounding factors. At the beginning of the study, there were no statistically significant differences in mean hsCRP levels in patients with acute lumbosciatic pain (1.49mg/l) compared to the levels obtained in patients with chronic low back pain (1.30mg/l) and those in a control group from the general population (1.26mg/l). In patients with acute lumbosciatic pain, hsCRP declined significantly in the initial period of 3 weeks with a corresponding decrease in pain and improvement in function and clinical evaluation as assessed with the straight leg raising test (SLR), whereas after this period, the course of the hsCRP did not correspond with the clinical parameters. In patients with chronic low back pain, hsCRP remained approximately constant throughout the whole period with no correlation with pain or function. As a conclusion, according to this study levels of hsCRP do not have a major clinical relevance when evaluating the long-term course of patients with acute lumbosciatic pain and chronic low back pain and therefore should not be taken into primary consideration when decisions on therapy are made. 2006 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context <a href="http://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejpain.2005.11.005" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">10.1016/j.ejpain.2005.11.005</a> Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Article information provided for research and reference use only. PedPalASCNET does not hold any rights over the resource listed here. All rights are retained by the journal listed under publisher and/or the creator(s). Type The nature or genre of the resource Journal Article 2006 Acute Disease Adult Backlog Brenner H Buchner M C-Reactive Protein/metabolism Chronic Disease Cohort Studies European Journal Of Pain Female Gebhardt K Humans Journal Article Low Back Pain/blood/physiopathology/therapy Male Middle Aged Pain Measurement Raum E Recovery of Function/physiology Richter W Schiltenwolf M Sciatica/blood/physiopathology/therapy Sturmer T Time Factors