Author Archive for: Jerome Fryer
Entries by Jerome Fryer
Models of Disc Degeneration
What is the goal of the Study? This Study aims to learn more about in-vitro models of disc degeneration. In this review paper, the authors sought a clinical perspective on the current state of in-vitro modelling related to the disruption, overloading and biochemical changes within the intervertebral disc.1 Why are they doing this Study? Learning […]
Words and Diagnostic Labels of LBP Prognosis
Goal of the Study? The goal of this study is to learn more about a patient’s perception and expected outcome when a diagnosis is shared with them regarding their low back pain. In a recent paper published in the European Spine Journal1 the authors wanted to know how diagnostic labels influenced the participants. Did labelling […]
Cell Clustering in Disc Degeneration – Reparative Potential Within
Goal of the Study? Learning how back pain develops and potentially advances in degenerative disc disease is critical. Back pain has profound socioeconomic costs worldwide. In this research paper1 a group of researchers looked to learn more about the anatomical details of the disc by looking at cell clusters rather than looking at the disc […]
Pain Education Models for Better Patient Education
There you are, as a clinician, with a patient’s eyes glaring at you for a reason. WHY do they hurt? It made me uncomfortable in my early years, but later, I learned that sharing your ‘probable’ diagnosis is essential. As a chiropractor, we are trained to nail down the diagnosis. Our teachers drilled and graded […]
Communication Language Important in the Trajectory of LBP Care
Goal of the Study? What effect will telling a low back pain patient that they have a disc bulge or degeneration have on them? This study was published in the European Journal of Pain 1 in which researcher sought to explore what diagnostic labelling of non-specific back pain sufferers leads to. Why are they doing […]
Courtroom Education Pivots on Accurate 3d Modelling
Jury Settles on 8 Million Dollar FedEx Crash In a recent court case, Dynamic Disc Models played a critical role in educating the court on the mechanism of the motor vehicle accident and educating the doctors (and jurors) about the injured spinal tissues. In 2014, a FedEx truck failed to apply the brakes on the […]
Can MRI findings predict lumbar instability?
Goal of the Study? Vertebral slippage (spondylolisthesis) can occur in the ageing spine. In listhesis, one vertebra is either forward or backwards relative to its adjacent vertebral partner in the vertebral column. In this research study 1, the authors looked at dynamic anterior (forward) slippage of the top vertebra relative to the lower because there […]
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